KARACHI: M/s Quality Steel Re-Rolling Mills has approached the Sindh High Court (SHC), challenging 17 percent sales tax along with 5 percent extra tax imposed by M/s Sui Southern Gas Company for gas consumption.
The counsel for the petitioner stated that it is paying sales tax at the rate of Rs 9/per unit of electricity consumption along with monthly electricity charges as per the bill issued by Lasbella Industrial Estates Department Authority.
The counsel said that though the payment of sales tax at the rate of Rs. 9/per unit is a final sales tax liability, the petitioner is being made to pay sales tax at the rate of 17 percent along with extra tax at the rate of 5 percent. The petitioner in this way is paying sales tax at the rate of 22 percent.
Citing secretary Ministry Finance, chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), chief commissioner Inland Revenue Large Taxpayers Unit-II, commissioner Zone-II, Large Taxpayers Unit-II, M/s Sui Southern Gas Company as respondents, petitioner pleaded the court may declare that the petitioner is not liable to pay sales tax the addition to sales tax paid as a final tax liability at the rate of Rs.9 per unit.
Petitioner also pleaded the SHC may declare that gas bill issued by the SSGC as illegal unlawful, unjustified and without jurisdiction and direct the respondents to issue general order in exempting the petitioner from payment of sales tax and extra tax.
