Indirect Tax

We have established a practice to meet clients' needs providing a wide range of indirect tax services.

Sales Tax is a tax on value addition and a multi-point tax, which is levied at every stage of sale. Sales Tax encompasses the entire value addition process and supply chain partners. In view of that its importance to business has phenomenally increased.

Federal Excise Duty is a levy on manufacturing sector as well as on services sector.

After 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, provinces have been given right to levy tax on services in their territorial jurisdiction. Consequently, scope of indirect taxes and its importance has increased manifolds.

In Pakistan all of the provinces and the capital territory have enacted their own piece of legislation for services taxation.

To meet the compliance and regulatory requirements and be tax efficient at the same time is a daunting tasks for the businesses.

We assist the business in fulfilling this task.

Indirect Tax Laws in Pakistan comprises of:

• Sales Tax Act, 1990
  
• Federal Excise Act, 2005
• Sindh Sales Tax on Services Act, 2011
• Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act, 2012
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sales Tax on Services Act, 2013
• Baluchistan Sales Tax on Services Act, 2015
• Islamabad Capital Territory Sales Tax on Services Ordinance, 2001.

Developing detailed planning strategies (including industry specific issues) to help reduce clients' administrative and tax costs from indirect taxes which interalia includes.

• Identification of tax efficient and effective planning opportunities.
  
• Formulating indirect tax efficient business models.

• Advising on the sales tax/excise duty treatment / disclosures under periodic tax returns and potential liabilities of specific transactions.
  

• Advice on classification, valuation, applicability of taxes on transactions and admissibility to tax benefits/exemptions.
  
• Opinions on indirect tax issues.

• Carry out diagnostic health check analysis from a tax perspective.
  
• Buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence for strategies acquisitions and disposals.
• Ascertaining the tax liabilities (if any) that affect the financial performance of the entity, once the investment or disinvestment has been concluded.

Advising clients to manage disputes on tax matters with authorities including representation before tax and appellate authorities and liaison with lawyers in appeals before the High Court and Supreme Court.