Govt Imposes Excise Duty on Labourers
Federal governmentLevies Rs5,000 Excise Duty on Labourers Traveling to Gulf States
Islamabad- Govt Imposes Excise Duty on Labourers, The federal government has imposed a fixed Federal Excise Duty (FED) of Rs5,000 on air tickets for passengers traveling to Gulf countries on labor visas,
The Federal Bord of Revenue (FBR) has issued an SRO in which it has decided to levy excise duty. Rs5,000 excise duty has been imposed on the ticket of labourers leaving for Gulf countries by air. The excise duty will be levied on labour visa certified by the immigration and Overseas Employment Bureau (EOB).
It should be noted the duty would be collected from Pakistanis leaving for Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Iraq among other Gulf countries.
The government has taken this step to generate additional revenue and to regulate the flow of laborers traveling to Gulf countries. This move is expected to affect thousands of laborers who travel to Gulf countries every year in search of employment.
