WORKSHOP ON ADVANCE SALARY TAXATION IN PAKISTAN

March 25, 2015
Mövenpick Hotel, Karachi

Currently the submission of Annual Income Tax Return by salaried taxpayers is mandatory where salary income exceeds Rs. 400,000 similarly e‐filing is mandatory where income is Rs. 500,000 or more, alongwith return the Wealth statement should be filed by the salaried taxpayers having income of rupees one million or more. Furthermore, Deduction of tax from salary and submission of Monthly and Annual Withholding Statements are also mandatory for the Persons paying salary. Non compliance may attract penalty of Rs.2,500/‐ per day for single statement u/s 182 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001. Generally it seems that the personnel dealing with salary taxation of employees of an organization carries general understanding of taxation matters but facing problem in handling complex issues like adjustment of other taxes paid by the employees, tax credits, previous years' refundable amount of taxes, treatment of retirement benefits, loans to the employees, transfer of assets, handling different types of notices etc.
Considering the fact that this is the high time for the employers and employees to review and plan their current year's tax profile to avoid extra payment of tax resultantly create refund and undue burden of penalties and default surcharge.
This Day long workshop is being organized where COMPLEX SALARY TAXATION matters including retirement benefits shall be discussed in the light of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, Income Tax Rules, 2002 and Superior Courts' Judgments. Additionally techniques to prepare Wealth and Reconciliation Statements shall also be discussed in detail. At the end of the session, the participants will be able to prepare and file their own Income Tax Return, wealth statement and handle departmental proceedings in a professional manner.
Additionally the personnel responsible for salary taxation of the employees will also professionally handle the withholding matters u/s 149, 161, 205 to save the company and their colleagues from payment of extra taxes.