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WITHHOLDING TAX CARD TAX YEAR 2023-24

Changes/New Additions This Year
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Rate
Tax Status
TAX ON COMPANIES
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
DIVISION ll
Part l

Small Company

Banking Company

Any Other Company

20.00%

39.00%

29.00%

Adjustable
SUPER TAX ON HIGH EARNING PERSONS
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
4C
.

upto rs. 150million

exceeding rs. 150m but does not exceed rs. 200m

exceeding rs. 200m but does not exceed rs. 250m

exceeding rs. 250m but does not exceed rs. 300m

exceeding rs. 300m but does not exceed rs. 350m

exceeding rs. 350m but does not exceed rs. 400m

exceeding rs. 400m but does not exceed rs. 500m

exceeding rs. 500m

0.00%

1.00%

2.00%

3.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

Adjustable
IMPORT
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
148

Persons importing goods classified in Part I of the Twelfth Schedule

Persons importing goods classified in Part II of 12th Schedule

Persons importing goods classified in Part II of 12th Schedule - in case of Commercial Importers

Persons importing goods classified in Part III of 12th Schedule

Persons importing goods classified in Part III of 12th Schedule - in case of Pharmaceutical Finished Goods that are not made in Pakistan, as certified by DRAP

Persons importing goods classified in Part III of 12th Schedule - if Manufacturers Covered Under S.R.O 1125(I)/2011 dated December 31, 2011 (as it stood on June 28, 2019), Importers of CKD kits of electrical vehicles for small cars (SUVs with 50 kwh battery and LCVs with 150 kwh battery or below)

1.00%

2.00%

3.50%

6.00%

4.00%

1.00%

2.00%

4.00%

7.50%

12.00%

8.00%

2.00%

Minimum Tax except for manufacture & Listed Companies Adjustable Adjustable Adjustable
TAX ON SALARY INCOME
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL

149

149(3)

BoD Meeting Fee - Every person responsible for making payment for directorship fee or fee for attending Board meeting or such fee by whatever name called.

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20% of gross amount paid

Adjustable
DIVIDEND INCOME
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
150

a) Independent power purchasers, being a pass-through item under implementation/power/energy purch. Agreement required to be re-imbursed by CPPA-G and Companies engaged in bagasse and biomass based cogeneration power project qualifying for exemption under clause (132C) of Part-I of 2nd Schedule

b) Dividend received from a company where no tax is payable by such company due to exemption of income or carry forward business losses or claim of tax credits

c) Dividend Received by a person in Mutual fund, Money Market Fund / Income Fund, Real Estate Investment Trust, Modaraba and cases other than those mentioned in clauses (a) and (b) above

d) Dividend in specie - (Shares of Group Company)

7.50%

25.00%

15.00%

15.00%

15.00%

50.00%

30.00%

30.00%

.

Final

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.

PROFIT ON DEBT
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
151 7B
151(1)(a) 151(1)(b) 151(1)(c) 151(1)(d)

151(1)(a) Interest on National Saving Scheme (NSS), 151(1)(b) Interest on Bank Account, 151(1) (c) Interest on Federal Government, Provincial Government & Local Government Bonds 151(1)(d) Profit on bonds , certificates, debentures, securities or instruments of any kind (other than loan agreements between borrowers and banking companies or development financial institutions)

Where profit on debt does not exceed *Rs 5,000,000/-

Profit on debt from a debt instrument, whether conventional or Shariah compliant, issued by the Federal Government under the Public Debt Act, 1944

*Profit on debt exceeding Rs.50 million shall be chargeable to tax under "Income from other sources" on normal tax rates

15.00%

15.00%

10.00%

.

30.00%

30.00%

20.00%

.

Minimum / Adjustable in case of Ind & AOP
Adjustable in case of Company

151
1(A)

Interest on investment in Sukuks

In case of Company

In case of Individual & AOP (where the return is more than one million)

In case of Individual & AOP (where the return is less than one million)

.

25.00%

12.50%

10.00%

.

50.00%

25.00%

20.00%

Adjustable

PAYMENT TO NON-RESIDENTS
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
152
152(1)

Royalty or Fee for Technical Services

15.00%

Minimum

152(1A)

Execution of a contract or sub-contract under the construction, assembly or installation project in Pakistan including a contract for the supply of supervisory activities in relation to such projects or any other contract for construction or services rendered relating thereto. Contract for advertisement services rendered by TV Satellite channel.

7.00%

Minimum

152(1AA) 152(1AAA)

Payment of insurance premium or re-insurance to a non-resident person

Payments for advertisement services from non-resident person relaying from outside Pakistan

5.00%

10.00%

Minimum

Minimum

152(1)(c)

Fee for Offshore Digital and * other specified Services.
* fee for money transfer operations, card network services, payment gateway services, interbank financial telecommunication services

5.00%

Minimum

152(2)

Profit on debt to nonresident person not having a Permanent Establishment in Pakistan, payments to an individual, on account of profit on debt earned from a debt instrument, whether conventional or shariah compliant, issued by the Federal Government under the Public Debt Act, 1944 and purchased exclusively through a bank account maintained abroad, a non-resident Rupee account repatriable (NRAR) or a foreign currency account maintained with a banking company in Pakistan shall be ten percent of the gross amount paid:

10.00%

Adjustable / Final in specified situations

Capital gain arising on disposal of debt instrument under SCRA
capital gain arising on disposal of debt instrument and government securities and certificates by non resident Foreign Currency Value Account (FCVA) or a non-resident Pakistani. Rupee Value Account (NRVA) of a nonresident individual holding Pakistan Origin Card (POC) or National ID Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) or Computerized National ID Card (CNIC).

10.00%

20.00%

Adjustable

Tax deduction on payment to nonresident, not otherwise specified.

20.00%

40.00%

Adjustable

152(2A)
152(2A) (a)

Sale of Goods - Companies

Sale of Goods - Individuals / AOP

5.00%

5.50%

10.00%

11.00%

Minimum / not minimum subject to conditions

Minimum

152(2A) (b)

Rendering of Services - Companies

Rendering of Services - Individuals / AOP

9.00%

11.00%

18.00%

22.00%

Minimum

Minimum

152(2)A (c)

Execution of a contract other than a contract for sale of goods or providing/ rendering of services. - In case of sports persons

11.00%

22.00%

Minimum

Execution of a contract other than a contract for sale of goods or providing/ rendering of services. - Other than sports persons

8.00%

16.00%

Minimum

Shipping income (on Gross Amount)

8.00%

16.00%

Minimum

152(1BA)

Foreign Produced Commercial

20.00%

40.00%

Final

152(5)(1)

Transport Services, Freight forwarding services, air cargo services, courier services, manpower outsourcing services, hotel services, security guard services, software development services, IT services (Software development, software maintenance, system integration, web design, web development, web hosting, network design) as defined in Clause (30AD) and IT enabled services (inbound and outbound call centers, medical transcription, remote monitoring, graphics design, accounting services, human resource (HR Services), Telemedicine centers, data entry operations, cloud computing services, data storage services, locally produced tv programs, insurance claiming processing) as defined in Cluase (30AE) , tracking services, advertising services (other than by print or electronic media), share registrar services, engineering services, car rental services, building maintenance services, services rendered by Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited and Pakistan Mercantile Exchange

40.00%

80.00%

Minimum

GOODS, SERVICES & EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
153
153(1)(a)

Persons importing goods classified in Part I of the Twelfth Schedule

1.50%

3.00%

Ind & AOP: Minimum Company: Minimum / not minimum for manufacturer / listed company.

Other Goods including Toll Manufacturing (if annual payment is > 75K)

4.00%

8.00%

Ind & AOP: Minimum Company: Minimum / not minimum for manufacturer / listed company.

Payment to distributer of cigarettes, pharma products

1.00%

2.00%

Minimum

Payment to Distributor, Dealer, Sub-Dealer, Wholesaler, Retailer (Tier-I retailer who are integrated and configured with board), of FMCG, Fertilizer, electronics excluding mobile phones, sugar, Cement, Edible Oil & Steel.

ATL in both Sales Tax & Income Tax 0.25%
5% if company 5.5% other than company 10% if company 11% other than company

Minimum

Supply made by Distributors of fast moving consumer goods- Companies

2.00%

4.00%

Minimum / not minimum subject to conditions

Supply made by Distributors of fast moving consumer goods - Individuals / AOP

2.50%

5.00%

Minimum

Local sales, supplies, and services made to textile, carpets, leather, surgical goods & sports goods.

Trader of yarn 0.5% Others 1%

Trader of yarn 0.1% Others 2%

Minimum

Local supply of yarn traders to export oriented sector.

0.5%

1%

Minimum

For Sale of any other Goods - Companies.

(No deduction of tax where payment is less than Rs. 75,000/- in aggregate during a financial year).

5.00%

10.00%

Minimum / not minimum for manufacturer / listed company

For Sale of any other Goods - Individuals / AOP.

(No deduction of tax where payment is less than Rs. 75,000/- in aggregate during a financial year) .

5.50%

11.00%

Minimum

Payment for sale of gold and silver and articles

1.00%

2.00%

Warehousing services, services rendered by asset management companies, data services provided under license issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, telecommunication infrastructure (tower) services.

(No deduction of tax where payment is less than Rs. 30,000/- in aggregate during a financial year)

3.00%

6.00%

153(1)(b)

Transport Services, Freight forwarding services, air cargo services, courier services, manpower outsourcing services, hotel services, security guard services, software development services, IT services (Software development, software maintenance, system integration, web design, web development, web hosting, network design) as defined in Clause (30AD) and IT enabled services (inbound and outbound call centers, medical transcription, remote monitoring, graphics design, accounting services, human resource (HR Services), Telemedicine centers, data entry operations, cloud computing services, data storage services, locally produced tv programs, insurance claiming processing) as defined in Cluase (30AE) , tracking services, advertising services (other than by print or electronic media), share registrar services, engineering services, car rental services, building maintenance services, services rendered by Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited and Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, inspection services, certification services, testing services, training services, field services, telecommunication services, collateral management services, travel & to

4.00%

8.00%

Minimum

All other services - Companies

(No deduction of tax where payment is less than Rs. 30,000/- in aggregate during a financial year)

3.00%

6.00%

All other services - Individuals / AOP

(No deduction of tax where payment is less than Rs. 30,000/- in aggregate during a financial year)

11.00%

22.00%

In respect of persons making payment to electronic & print media for advertising services

1.50%

3.00%

153(1)(c)

In case of sportsperson

10.00%

20.00%

Minimum
Execution of Contracts

All others - (if the contract more than Rs. 10,000/- Per Anum)

For Companies

7.50%

15.00%

Minimum / not minimum for manufacturer / listed company

For Individuals / AOP

8.00%

16.00%

Minimum
153(2)

Every Exporter or Export House in term of Stitching, Dying, Printing, Embroidery, washing, sizing & weaving etc

1.00%

2.00%

Minimum
153(B)

Tax to be deducted on payment of royalty to resident person.

15.00%

30.00%

Adjustable
EXPORT OF GOODS
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
154
154(1)

Export of goods proceeds realization

1.00%

154(3)

Realization of a sale of goods to an exporter under an inland back -to-back L/C

1.00%

154(3A) E

Export of goods by an Industrial undertaking located in Export Processing Zone

1.00%

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154(3B)

Making payment for a firm contract to an indirect export and clearing of goods exported.

1.00%

EXPORT OF SERVICES
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
154A
(a)

Export proceeds of Computer software or IT services or IT Enabled services by persons registered with Pakistan Software Export Board.

0.25% of the proceeds

final
(b)

Any other case

1% of the proceeds

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INCOME FROM PROPERTY
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
155

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Adjustable
PRIZES & WINNINGS
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
156

Payments made for prize on quiz bond and cross word

15.00%

30.00%

Payments on winning from a raffle, lottery, prize on winning a quiz, prize, offered by companies for promotion of sale crossword puzzles

20.00%

40.00%

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TAX ON BANKING TRANSACTIONS
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
231
231AB

Advance tax on cash withdrawal where the sum total of the payments for cash withdrawal in a day exceeds Rs 50,000

0.00%

0.00%

Adjustable
TAX ON FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
231
231C

Advance Tax to be collected from the agency, sponsor or the person employing such services of a foreign national as a domestic worker. Tax will be collected by the relevant authority at the time of issuance or renewal of domestic aide visa.

Rs. 200,000

Adjustable
PETROLIUM PRODUCTS & CNG STATION
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL

156A

234A

Payment to petrol pump operator on account of sale of petroleum products

On the amount of gas bill of a Compressed Natural Gas Station

12.00%

4.00%

24.00%

8.00%

Final
BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
233

Payment of Commission to Advertising Agents

Life Insurance Agents where Commission received is less than Rs, 0.5 Million per annum

Persons not covered in 1 & 2 Above

10.00%

8.00%

12.00%

20.00%

16.00%

24.00%

Minimum
PHONE & INTERNET
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
236

236(1)(a), 236(1)(b)

236(1)(c), 236(1)(d)

236(1)(e)

In the case of subscriber of internet, mobile telephone and prepaid internet or telephone card. Percentage of the amount of Bill or sales price of internet pre-paid card or prepaid telephone card or sale of units through any electronic medium or whatever form.

15.00%

Adjustable
SALE BY AUCTION / TENDER
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
236

236(A)

Any person making sale by public auction / tender of any property or goods shall deduct tax including award of any lease to any person

10.00%

20.00%

Adjustable

Gross sale price of immovable property on property auction

5.00%

10.00%

Adjustable
SALE / PURCHASE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
236

236C

Advance Tax on sale of property on gross amount of consideration (if holding period is less than 10 years)

3.00%

6.00%

Minimum if property is acquired and disposed off with the same tax year otherwise adjustable

236K(1)

Advance Tax on purchase of property on purchaser or transferee for registering or attesting transfer of any immovable property.

3.00%

10.50%

Adjustable

236K(3)

Advance Tax on payment of installment in respect of purchase of allotment of immovable property where transfer is to be effected after making payment of all installments

3.00%

10.50%

Adjustable

In Finance Act 2022, ExempƟon has been provided from charging of increased rate of 5% to non-filer nonresident individual holding Pakistan Origin Card (POC) or NaƟonal ID Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) in respect of transactions on which tax is collectible under section 236C and 236K.

Adjustable
TV PLAYS & ADVERTISEMENTS
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
236

236CA (1) F

236CA (2)

236CA (3)

Foreign-produced TV drama serial or play

Foreign-produced TV play (single episode)

Advertisement starring foreign actor

Rs. 1,000,000 per episode

Rs. 3,000,000

Rs. 100,000 per second

Adjustable Adjustable Adjustable
ADVANCE TAX ON SALES OF SPECIFIED GOODS TO DISTRIBUTOR, DEALER & WHOLESALER
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
236

236G

Advance tax has to be collected from wholesalers, distributors & dealers by manufacture & commercial importer of; Electronics, Sugar, Cement, Iron and Steel products, Motorcycles, Pesticides, Cigarettes, Glass, Textile, Beverages, Paint or Foam sector, Pharmaceuticals, Poultry and Animal feed, Edible oil and Ghee, AutoParts, Tyers, Varnishes, Chemicals, Cosmetics and IT Equipment.

0.10%

0.20%

Adjustable

Fertilizers - (Reduced Rate if taxpayer is active in both Sales Tax and Income Tax)

0.25%

Fertilizers

0.70%

0.140%

AMOUNT REMITTED ABROAD
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
236

236Y

Amount Remitted abroad through credit, debit or prepaid cards

5.00%

10.00%

Adjustable
TAX ON BONUS SHARES - INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES
ATL/NON ATNON-ATL
236

236Z

Every company will be required to collect tax from each shareholder at the time of issuance of bonus shares

10.00%

20.00%

Adjustable