In line with the directions issued by the Presidential Secretariat on March 23, 2020 to provide relief measures due to Covid 19 outbreak, the Department of Inland Revenue has published a paper notice on Withholding Tax (WHT) Payments for the Months of February and March 2020.
Withholding agents and withholdees who are liable to make the payments [Subject to the proposed changes announced by the Notice PN/IT/2020-03 (amended) dated 18.02.2020] for the month of February 2020 which was due on March 15, 2020 and the payment for the month of March 2020 which is due on April 15, 2020 are allowed to make the respective payments till April 30, 2020.
Accordingly, payments made on or before April 30, 2020 for the above periods shall be deemed as payments made on due dates and any penalty auto-imposed by the system on late payments for the above periods will be waived off.
