{"id":21050,"date":"2025-02-25T15:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21050"},"modified":"2025-02-25T15:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:22:17","slug":"massive-tax-blow-to-solar-consumers-in-pakistan-check-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/02\/25\/massive-tax-blow-to-solar-consumers-in-pakistan-check-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive tax blow to solar consumers in Pakistan &#8211; Check details"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed power distribution companies (DISCOs) across Pakistan to impose an 18 percent sales tax on electricity supplied to consumers utilising solar net metering.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an order issued on Monday, the FTO instructed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and DISCOs to ensure the tax is levied on the&nbsp;<em>gross value<\/em>&nbsp;of electricity supplied, rejecting the previous practice of net metering deductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The directive clarified that under the Sales Tax Act 1990, net metering adjustments are not recognized, and taxes must be charged on the total electricity provided by distribution companies, regardless of any surplus power fed back into the grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ruling also extends to the withholding of income tax under Section 235 of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001, which, according to the FTO, must be deducted on the&nbsp;<em>gross amount<\/em>&nbsp;rather than the net metered value. The decision overrides previous guidance from the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) and the Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB), with the FTO asserting that fiscal laws take precedence over regulatory provisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FTO report highlighted that 11 out of the country\u2019s 12 DISCOs had failed to comply with legal tax provisions, noting that only K-Electric had been consistently charging both sales and income tax on electricity bills. The decision follows a complaint from a K-Electric consumer who had alleged discriminatory treatment, arguing that NEPRA\u2019s 2015 framework allowed net metering adjustments. 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