FIN623 Taxation Management Assignment 1 Spring 2011

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Case # 01:

PSO Ltd is a public company incorporated under the Companies Ordinance, 1984, whoseshares were traded on the Karachi Stock Exchange from 1 January 2008 until 29 June2009, on which date the company was delisted. PSO closes its accounts on 30 June eachyear. 49% of the shares in PSO are held by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and 51% by the Federal Government of Pakistan. The control and management ofthe affairs of PSO was situated partly in Saudi Arabia during the year ended 30 June20010.



Required:State, giving reasons, whether for Pakistan tax purposes for the tax year



Case # 02:Mr Waqas, a resident of Pakistan, derived the amounts as under in the tax year 2010:1. Rs. 1,000,000 from crops grown on his agricultural land situated in Canada.2. Rs. 1,500,000 gross, received from the poultry farm he established in June 2010in Rawalpindi.3. Rs. 1,000,000 from the deposit of a prospective buyer of his flat, forfeited by MrWaqas when the buyer failed to fulfill the terms of the contract for the sale of theflat.

Required:State, giving reasons, whether the amounts received by Mr Waqas will be taxable orexempt for the tax year 2010, based on the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001. 2010 PSO Ltd:1. Is a resident or a non-resident company?

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Soluion 1:

Resident Company.
As PSO Ltd. is incorporated under the Companies Ordinance, 1984 of Pakistan, so it will be considered resident company.

Solution 2:

Agricultural income Canada in Taxable.
Reason:
Any agricultural income from land, situated outside the Pakistan, is taxable.

Poultry Farm income is Taxable.
Reason:
Any income derived from Poultry farming is not considered exempt from tax.


Forfeited deposit against the contract for sale of flat is Taxable.
Reason:
Any forfeited deposits under the sale of land or building is considered as rent. And it is chargeable to tax under the head “Income from Property”.



Another Solution

[FONT=&quot]Answer Case#1:[/FONT]
in the case one according to the Control and management of the affairs is resident company because its control
is was in pakistan but partly in Saudi Arabia and its more shares are posessed by the federal government of
pakistan.
[FONT=&quot]Aswer Case#2:[/FONT]
1. this is exempted from tax because it is foriegn source of income.
2. This is the gross amount but the tax is on the net amount
3. This also taxable.