The Government of Punjab has sent tax notices to Google, Facebook, Dailymotion and YouTube. The government is asking to register for the taxation and declare business in Pakistan till June 17, 2016. The Punjab Government is working to collect tax from these sites as per Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act 2012. This list has also named a local website Mustakbil.com.

Punjab Government Notifies Google and Facebook for Tax Payment.

The tax department said that:

“As citizens of Punjab are regular user of all such websites while individuals and companies get their advertisements booked on such websites they are liable to be taxed. The tax is justified when Punjab based companies are availing services of such websites.”

It further added:

“As you are providing taxable services in Punjab you, therefore, are liable to comply with the rules under this jurisdiction.”

As per notice, the government will not issue second notice for the concerned reason but will directly take action as per mentioned rules.