AGL 38.35 Increased By ▲ 0.13 (0.34%)
AIRLINK 136.46 Increased By ▲ 7.49 (5.81%)
BOP 8.65 Increased By ▲ 0.80 (10.19%)
CNERGY 4.73 Increased By ▲ 0.07 (1.5%)
DCL 8.60 Increased By ▲ 0.28 (3.37%)
DFML 38.99 Increased By ▲ 0.05 (0.13%)
DGKC 84.50 Increased By ▲ 2.56 (3.12%)
FCCL 34.51 Increased By ▲ 1.09 (3.26%)
FFBL 76.20 Increased By ▲ 0.49 (0.65%)
FFL 12.84 Increased By ▲ 0.02 (0.16%)
HUBC 110.70 Increased By ▲ 0.34 (0.31%)
HUMNL 13.86 Decreased By ▼ -0.15 (-1.07%)
KEL 5.39 Increased By ▲ 0.24 (4.66%)
KOSM 7.76 Increased By ▲ 0.09 (1.17%)
MLCF 41.14 Increased By ▲ 1.34 (3.37%)
NBP 70.80 Decreased By ▼ -1.52 (-2.1%)
OGDC 190.50 Increased By ▲ 2.21 (1.17%)
PAEL 26.12 Increased By ▲ 0.49 (1.91%)
PIBTL 7.41 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.54%)
PPL 156.50 Increased By ▲ 3.83 (2.51%)
PRL 25.81 Increased By ▲ 0.42 (1.65%)
PTC 18.90 Increased By ▲ 1.20 (6.78%)
SEARL 82.41 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.01%)
TELE 7.82 Increased By ▲ 0.23 (3.03%)
TOMCL 34.51 Increased By ▲ 1.94 (5.96%)
TPLP 8.43 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.12%)
TREET 17.25 Increased By ▲ 0.47 (2.8%)
TRG 56.84 Increased By ▲ 0.80 (1.43%)
UNITY 29.00 Increased By ▲ 0.22 (0.76%)
WTL 1.35 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
BR100 10,696 Increased By 37.6 (0.35%)
BR30 31,846 Increased By 515.1 (1.64%)
KSE100 99,575 Increased By 305.8 (0.31%)
KSE30 30,988 Decreased By -44.1 (-0.14%)

I would like bring to the chairman CBR's attention, the grievances of many individuals about the advance tax u/s 147 of IT Ordinance 2001, which is payable in 4 instalments (7th of October, January, April & 21st June), where the individuals latest, declared/assessed income has been Rs 200,000 and above.
However, in the IT Ordinance 1979, u/s 53(4), the individual was given the justified right to file an estimate at any time before the last instalment, where an individual income in the relevant year was likely to be less than the last declared/assessed income. Now this justified right has been withdrawn in the IT Ordinance 2001.
It is a well known fact that the income of an individual will reduce from time to time due to the decline in interest rates on deposits, with banks and other financial institutions, and lower profits from investment in NSS, and also because of variance in the invested amount, in these, from time to time.
Interest from NSS investments, made till 30-06-2001, and was totally exempt from Income Tax.
Interest on investment, made in NSS, from 01-07-2001 to 30-06-2002, was subject to 10% IT withholding and was treated as final discharge of tax liability.
However, effective 01-07-2002, the income from Bank interest and income from investment made in NSS, effective 01-07-2002, was subject to 10% I.T. withholding and subject to a final tax on total income, in the relevant year.
Now, under the conditions (1) & (2) above, the individual will be adversely affected if, in the subsequent year, the assessee has to make higher advance payment based on previous higher declared/assessed income, whereas the assessees likely income would be much less in the relevant year, thereby large amount will unnecessarily remain blocked for refund.
Everyone well knows how the hassle has been created among the tax staff, as well as the aggrieved individual, to get real value of the refund amount.
Therefore, it has been requested to please look into this important issue and revive the basic right of the individuals to submit the estimates of income at any time before the last instalment in the relevant year and pay the advance tax on such an estimated income basis.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2004

Comments

Comments are closed.