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NA passes ‘mini-budget’ with some amendments amid Opposition ruckus

MM News Staff by MM News Staff
January 13, 2022
NA passes ‘mini-budget’ with majority votes

NA passes ‘mini-budget’ with majority votes

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday pass the controversial Finance (Supplementary) Bill, generally known as the “mini-budget”, giving effect to new tax measures in an ambitious bid to achieve a tax target of Rs5.8 trillion as per the requirement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The approval of the supplementary finance bill was necessary to ensure Pakistan’s sixth review of the $6 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFE) gets cleared by the IMF’s Executive Board which is scheduled to meet later this month to decide the disbursement of the $1-billion tranche.

The NA on Tuesday formally begun a general debate on the mini-budget which saw the coalition partners in the ruling alliance under the PTI joining their voices with the Opposition over possible implications of the new taxation measures.

The session resumed under the chairmanship of NA Speaker Asad Qaiser. Prime Minister Imran Khan, Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were also in attendance.

In the amended bill, the government rolled back its plan to impose additional sales taxes on children’s formula milk, bread, and small cars. It also withdrew the proposal to impose taxes on laptops and computers.

Opposition’s amendments

The opposition demanded that a physical count be conducted for some of the amendments tabled by the opposition, including those by Mohsin Dawar and PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

However, the NA speaker refused under Rule 29 of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly. A physical count was later conducted on the amendments moved by PPP’s Marri, with 168 lawmakers against it and 150 in favour of it.

Later, a physical count was conducted for a second time. The government was once again in majority and the amendments were rejected. The opposition’s amendments to Clause 3 of the finance bill were rejected with 163 votes against it and 143 in favour.

The National Assembly comprises 342 lawmakers, of which the government has 182 MNAs, while the Opposition has 160 MNAs. In today’s session, 14 of the government’s lawmakers were absent, while 10 from the Opposition’s side didn’t show up.

Govt amendments approved

Meanwhile, the government’s amendments to the proposed bill were approved by the House. The government introduced changes to Clause 3 of the bill, under which small shops will not be taxed on bread, chapattis, sheermal, naans, vermicelli, buns and rusk.

According to the amendments, tier one retailers, restaurants, food chains and sweet shops will be taxed on the sale of these items.

A sales tax of 8.5 per cent will be imposed on 1,800 cc domestic and hybrid and domestic cars. A tax of 12.75pc will be imposed on 1,801 to 2,500 cc hybrid vehicles while imported electric vehicles will be taxed at 12.5pc.

No general sales tax will be imposed on a 200g carton of milk, while a 17pc GST will be imposed on formula milk worth more than Rs500. Tax on imported vehicles was also increased under the changes, from five per cent to 12.5pc.

There will be a duty of 2.5pc on locally manufactured 1,300 cc vehicles, down from the 5pc proposed earlier. The duty on locally manufactured 1,300 to 2,000 cc cars was also reduced to 5pc from 10pc.

A 10pc duty will be imposed on locally manufactured cars greater than 2,100 cc. The government’s amendments to Clause 5 were also approved by the NA.

Need for mini-budget questioned

 

During the session, former premier Khaqan Abbasi questioned why it was necessary for the government to introduce a mini-budget and said that such a massive tax burden had never before been presented in the country’s history.

“It has been six months since you passed the finance bill. Have your revenues declines or expenses increased since then?” he asked. He also questioned why the people were being burdened with additional taxes of Rs350 billion.

Bilawal takes on Tarin

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardarp speaks during the National Assembly session. — DawnNewsTV

Meanwhile, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said that the amendment he introduced concerned taxes on crude oil and imported items. “My question to the finance minister is whether they have accepted this.”

He questioned whether the finance minister had an issue with the fact that it mentioned his name and those of Shazia Marri and Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. “What was the harm in it being accepted?”

Bilawal said that Tarin stated that past governments had made matters worse even though he had previously served as the country’s finance minster.

“Tarin said he did not know why there was hue and cry over the mini-budget. We request him to visit the streets of Karachi and ask the people about their economic situation,” he added.

‘We had no option other than going to IMF’

Federal Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin speaking during the session of the National Assembly on January 13, 2022 in Islamabad. — Twitter/NAofPakistan

Shedding light on the criticism regarding the supplementary bill being the “IMF bill”, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said that during the previous government’s tenure, 13 agreements were signed with the Fund.

“They [the Opposition] are saying that IMF has destroyed the economy of Pakistan, while they went to the IMF in their tenures as well,” he said.

Tarin further said that the PTI government is being accused of “mortgaging country’s sovereignty”; however, the government was forced to approach the IMF. “We had no other option but to ask for IMF’s help,” he reiterated.

He added that some of the taxes in the mini-budget had been removed, informing the opposition that this was about “documentation not taxes”.

 

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