FBR Imposes Another 5% Tax on Weddings & Other Gathering Events

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If you thought there was nothing left to be taxed, get ready to be surprised. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed a 5 percent Advance Tax on weddings and gatherings today. The Advance Tax has been imposed under Section 236D of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001.



According to the FBR notification, “Every prescribed person shall collect advance tax at the rate of five percent on the total amount of the bill”. The tax will be applicable on bills for holding any functions at the following places:

• Club
• Commercial lawn
• Hotel
• Restaurant
• Any community place
• Marquee
• Marriage hall
• Any other place used for the purpose of holding any events.

The list of events that will be taxed are:

• Concert
• Exhibition
• Party
• Seminar
• Wedding
• Workshop
• Any other gathering at any of the above mentioned places.

To further clarify the application of the new tax, the notification states that any place where food is served, any similar service or facility is provided by a person or commercial entity, the service provider will collect a 5 percent advance tax on the total payment of such food, service or facility from the person conducting or organizing the event/function.

The point to be noted is that the government already charges a sales tax at all restaurants and similar service providers. By implementing this additional tax, the public will be even more burdened. Ever since the budget announcement earlier this year, we have been constantly getting mini budgets with more and more tax implementations on daily activities.

Source: https://propakistani.pk/2016/08/19/fbr-imposes-another-5-tax-on-weddings-other-gathering-events/


Ghar par bhi dawat karo gay tab bhi tax bharna hoga ab to. Iss tarah to Nawaz ko croron ka tax bharna par jaye ga.