The Supreme Court (SC) ruled on 21 June 2013, that the government was not ratified to impose or increase sales tax from 16% to 17% on the value of taxable supplies by way of declaration under section 3 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1931
The Pakistan Income Tax Ordinance 2001 (ITO) was amended by Finance Act 2012 to consolidate all withholding tax provisions regarding non-residents. The Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued Circular No. 1(31)/WHT/2012 dated 16 November 2012