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- An adjustable advance tax @ 5% of fee of all educational institutions where annual fee is above Rs.200,000 to be collected by educational institutions at the time of receipt of fee from the person paying the fee.
- The rate of Withholding Tax on cash withdrawals from banks was reduced from 0.3% to 0.2% through Finance Act 2011. The maximum limit of daily withdrawal was enhanced to Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 25,000 through Finance Act 2012. The rate of withholding tax to be restored to 0.3%.
- The exemption limit of withholding tax for investment in National Saving Centers to be withdrawn
- An adjustable withholding tax on foreign-produced films, TV serials and plays etc to be collected by the authority responsible for their censoring/certification at the rate of Rs. 1 Million for films and Rs. 100,000 per episode for TV plays.
- Contribution of the wholesale and retail sector towards the tax revenue is not commensurate with share of this sector in the GDP. To ensure documentation of the economy and to bring the traders into the tax net all manufacturers were made liable to collect adjustable withholding tax from distributors, dealers and wholesalers through the Finance Act 2012. To remove hardship this withholding tax is being restricted to the Electronics, Sugar, Cement, Fertilizers, Iron & Steel Products, Motorcycles, Pesticides, Cigarettes, Glass, Textile, Beverages, Paints & Foam sectors and the rate is being reduced to 0.1%. The scope of withholding tax is also being extended to retailers. Withholding tax @ 0.5 % by the distributors, manufacturers or commercial importers from the retailers is proposed.
- To ensure proper taxation of business income/profits of the builders and developers, payment of minimum tax at a rate of Rs.25 per sq ft of the constructed area sold and Rs. 50 per square yard of the area sold of the developed land respectively is being introduced.
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- The rate of Withholding Tax on cash withdrawals from banks was reduced from 0.3% to 0.2% through Finance Act 2011. The maximum limit of daily withdrawal was enhanced to Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 25,000 through Finance Act 2012. The rate of withholding tax to be restored to 0.3%.
- The exemption limit of withholding tax for investment in National Saving Centers to be withdrawn
- An adjustable withholding tax on foreign-produced films, TV serials and plays etc to be collected by the authority responsible for their censoring/certification at the rate of Rs. 1 Million for films and Rs. 100,000 per episode for TV plays.
- Contribution of the wholesale and retail sector towards the tax revenue is not commensurate with share of this sector in the GDP. To ensure documentation of the economy and to bring the traders into the tax net all manufacturers were made liable to collect adjustable withholding tax from distributors, dealers and wholesalers through the Finance Act 2012. To remove hardship this withholding tax is being restricted to the Electronics, Sugar, Cement, Fertilizers, Iron & Steel Products, Motorcycles, Pesticides, Cigarettes, Glass, Textile, Beverages, Paints & Foam sectors and the rate is being reduced to 0.1%. The scope of withholding tax is also being extended to retailers. Withholding tax @ 0.5 % by the distributors, manufacturers or commercial importers from the retailers is proposed.
- To ensure proper taxation of business income/profits of the builders and developers, payment of minimum tax at a rate of Rs.25 per sq ft of the constructed area sold and Rs. 50 per square yard of the area sold of the developed land respectively is being introduced.
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