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Update - Pakistan Publishes Overview of Finance Act 2017 Amendments

11 September 2017

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Pakistan

The Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue has published Circular No. 4 of 2017, which provides an overview of amendments made in the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 by the Finance Act 2017, which was published in the Official Gazette on 21 June 2017 ({News-2017-07-06/A/5-previous coverage}). The overview covers 54 amendments. The main amendments include: The introduction of an online marketplace concept, which includes a 0.5% minimum tax and an advance tax of 5% on brokerage and commission for a person running an online marketplace, which is a final tax; The introduction of the concept of technology start-ups, which subject to certain...