Tax on Deemed Income from Immovable Property

A new section 7E has been introduced through Finance Act, 2022 whereby for the tax year 2022 and onwards, a resident person is treated to have derived income equal to five percent of the fair market value of the capital assets situated in Pakistan which will be chargeable to tax at the rate of 20% under Division VIIIC of Part I of First Schedule of the Ordinance.

 Following exclusions have been provided to which this section will not apply: 

i. One capital asset owned by the resident person; 

ii. Self-owned business premises from where the business is carried out by the persons appearing on the active taxpayer's list at any time during the year; 

ii. Self-owned agriculture land where agriculture activity is carried out by the person but excluding farmhouses and annexed land. The farmhouse has been defined in this section; 

iii. Capital asset allotted to — 

        (a) A Shaheed or dependents of a Shaheed belonging to Pakistan Armed Forces; 

        (b) A person or dependents of a person who dies while in the service of Pakistan armed forces or federal or provincial government; 

        (c) A war-wounded person while in service of Pakistan armed forces or federal or provincial government; 

        (d) An ex-serviceman and serving personnel of armed forces or ex-employees or serving personnel of federal and provincial governments who are original allottees of the capital asset as duly certified by the allotment authority; 

iv. Any property from which income is chargeable to tax under the Ordinance and tax leviable has been paid; 

v. Capital asset in the first year of acquisition on which tax under section 236K has been paid; 

vi. Where the fair market value of the capital assets in aggregate excluding capital assets mentioned in serial nos. (i) to (vi) above does not exceed rupees twenty-five million; 

vii. Capital assets that are owned by a provincial government or local government; 

viii. Capital assets owned by the local authority, a development authority, builders, and developers for land development and construction subject to the condition that such persons are registered with the Directorate General of Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions. 

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