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| 2019 SLG 644 2019 SLD 644 2019 SCMR 439 (2019) 119 TAX 359 2019 PTD 928 2019 PTCL 102 |
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Appeal No. 545-K of 2010, decision & hearing Dated: 09-01-2019. (On appeal from the order Dated 07.04.2009 passed by the Peshawar High Court, Peshawar in T.R. No. 43 of 2008)
UMAR ATA BANDIAL, JUSTICE MUNIB AKHTAR, JUSTICE YAHYA AFRIDI, JUSTICE
Petitioner(s) by: Rehmanullah, Advocate Supreme Court, Farhat Nawaz Lodhi, Advocate Supreme Court and Syed Rifaqat Shah, Advocate-on-Record
Respondent(s) by: Malik Akhtar Hussain Awan, Advocate Supreme Court
Civil Appeal No. 545-K of 2010, decision & hearing Dated: 09-01-2019. (On appeal from the order Dated 07.04.2009 passed by the Peshawar High Court, Peshawar in T.R. No. 43 of 2008)
UMAR ATA BANDIAL, JUSTICE MUNIB AKHTAR, JUSTICE YAHYA AFRIDI, JUSTICE
Petitioner(s) by: Rehmanullah, Advocate Supreme Court, Farhat Nawaz Lodhi, Advocate Supreme Court and Syed Rifaqat Shah, Advocate-on-Record
Respondent(s) by: Malik Akhtar Hussain Awan, Advocate Supreme Court
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX PESHAWAR
VS
DIRECTOR GENERAL, NWFP EMPLOYEES SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTION, PESHAWAR AND ANOTHER
Law: Income Tax Ordinance, 1979
Section: 2(24),20,23,2nd Schedule,Pt.I,Cl.62(1)
(a) Income Tax Ordinance (XXXI of 1979) [since repealed]--- ----Ss. 2(24) & 20---"Taxable income"---Scope---Contributions made by employers to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Employees Social Security Institution ("the Institution")---Term 'income' used in S. 2(24) of the Income Tax Ordinance, 1979 was of the widest connotation, amplitude and application---Contributions received by the Institution under S.20 of the Ordinance were "income". Kamakshya Narain Singh v. Commissioner of Income Tax (1943) 11 ITR 513; Gopal Saran Narain Singh v. Commissioner of Income Tax (1935) 3 ITR 237 and Kanga and Palkhivala's The Law and Practice of Income Tax, 8th ed. (1990), pg. 119 ref. (b) Income Tax Ordinance (XXXI of 1979) [since repealed]--- ----Ss. 20, 23 & Second Sched., Pt. I, Cl. 62(1)---Taxable income---Exemption---Contributions made by employers to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Employees Social Security Institution ("the Institution")---Whether income received by the Institution in the form of contributions was exempt from tax in terms of Cl. 62 of Part I of Second Schedule to the Income Tax Ordinance, 1979 ("the Ordinance")---Clause 62 applied in case of "voluntary" contributions---Contributions to be made by employers under S. 20 of the Ordinance were "mandatory"---Failure to make timely payment exposed the delinquent employer to the consequences laid down in S. 23, which provided that if there was non-payment of any amount due under S. 20, then what was payable stood increased by such percentage or amount as may be prescribed---Section 23 further provided that any unpaid amount could be recovered as arrears of land revenue---Contributions under S. 20 were, thus, not voluntary and therefore did not come within the scope of Cl. 62 of Part I of Second Schedule to the Ordinance. (c) Income Tax Ordinance (XLIX of 2001)--- ----Second Sched., Pt. I, Cl. 142---Income Tax Ordinance (XXXI of 1979) [since repealed], S. 20 & Second Sched., Pt. I, Cl. 62(1)---Taxable income--- Exemption--- Retrospective effect--- Scope---Contributions made by employers to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Employees Social Security Institution---Tax assessment years falling under the Income Tax Ordinance, 1979 ("the 1979…
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