Big retail units to be sealed till integration with FBR
ISLAMABAD: Big retail units shall be sealed till their integration with the online system of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for sharing sales and purchases. Sources in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said that the big retail units are required to integrate their outlets with the FBR under Sales Tax Act, 1990. However, those retailers who failed to integrate their outlets with the FBR would face punitive action as defined in the statute. The sources said that through Finance Act, 2020 amendment has been made related to penalty for non-compliance for linkage of sales and purchase data with the FBR. According to amendment made to Sales Tax Act, 1990, any person, who is required to integrate his business for monitoring, tracking, reporting or recording of sales, production and similar business transactions with the board or its computerized system, fails to get himself registered under the Act, and if registered, fails to integrate in the manner as required under law. “...