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COMMISSIONER (LEGAL DIVISION) LARGE TAXPAYER UNIT, KARACHI vs BROOK BOND PAKISTAN LIMITED, KARACHI Ss — 2022 PTD 467 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation
2022 PTD 467 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court
Sindh High Court
Year
2022
Reporter
PTD
Parties
COMMISSIONER (LEGAL DIVISION) LARGE TAXPAYER UNIT, KARACHI vs BROOK BOND PAKISTAN LIMITED, KARACHI Ss
Subject matter
Tax & Customs
Provisions referred to
S. 4---I; S. 133; S. 52; S. 50; Income Tax Ordinance (XXXI of 2001); Income Tax Ordinance

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Judgment text as reported

COMMISSIONER (LEGAL DIVISION) LARGE TAXPAYER UNIT, KARACHI VS BROOK BOND PAKISTAN LIMITED, KARACHI Ss.50(4a), 52 & 86---Sales of Goods act (III of 1930), S. 4---Income Tax Ordinance (XXXI of 2001), S. 133(4)---Commission/trade discount---assessee in default---Determination---Sale agreement---Scope---Respondent-assessee claimed that disputed amount was not commission rather it was trade discount, therefore no tax was deducted---assessing Officer made assessment under S.52 of Income Tax Ordinance, 1979, treating respondent as assessee in default---assessment order was set aside by appellate authority and Income Tax appellate Tribunal dismissed appeal filed by authorities---Validity---Transaction between parties culminated when seller or transferee agreed to transfer property to buyer for a price---Goods were delivered by respondent-assessee after receiving full amount in advance from distributor, hence such aspect of sale of goods to distributor had come to an end as distributer had become owner of the product--- authorities below had reached to a finding of fact that nature of transaction entered between respondent-assessee with its distributor denoted allowing of trade discount and not commission to the distributor and no convincing material was placed either before appellate authority or Income Tax appellate Tribunal or before the High Court---High Court declined to interfere in the orders passed by two forums below as arrangement so entered between respondent-assessee and distributor allowed trade discount and not a commission to the distributor, hence provisions of S. 50 (4a) of Income Tax Ordinance, 1979 (since repealed) were not applicable---Reference was dismissed, in circumstances.

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