Thursday, 27 June 2019

FBR Proposes New Valuation Table Rates for 18 Cities


https://www.rightdeed.com/blog/799/Budget-2019-20:-FATA-Takes-the-Highest-of-PKR-152-Billion

As indicated by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in several recent press announcements, and anticipated in full in one of our previous blog posts, the board has proposed new valuation table rates for immovable properties in 18 cities across the country.
These FBR property valuation rates, as they’re properly referred to in the going official parlance, currently, await the scrutiny and revising-suggestions of the stakeholders concerned (with most of them hailing from the real estate sector) till the June 30 deadline communicated – following which they will be considered for countrywide implementation starting July 1.
THE ‘18 CITIES’ IMPACTED BY THIS CHANGE
According to a news source, the FBR has said that it's draft valuation tables will become applicable from July 1 onwards in various areas and housing schemes of:
·         Lahore
·         Islamabad
·         Rawalpindi
·         Peshawar
·         Hyderabad
·         Faisalabad
·         Multan
·         Gujranwala
·         Bahawalpur
·         Abbottabad
·         Gujrat
·         Jhelum
·         Jhang
·         Mardan
·         Sahiwal
·         Sialkot
·         Sargodha
·         Sukkur

You can find the proposed valuation table PDF for these cities, which the board intends to implement from July 1 onwards, on the official website of the FBR.
Also, do bear in mind that these rates are only tentative at the moment.
COUNTERING THE EFFECTS OF THESE RATE HIKES: TAX & RELIEF
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In this revised property valuation tables, the rates for determining the federal taxes on the sales and purchases of immovable properties have been increased at varying percentages. In some cases, the rates have gone up by over 200%, but if we compare the FBR’s newly proposed values with the average market price of an affected property, the board’s valuation still falls behind by over 20%.
In an attempt to reduce this difference to 15%, the FBR plans to inch up its valuation rates to 85% of the property’s real market value.
For people familiar with the situation being faced by the real estate marketplace since the introduction of July 2016’s property valuation tables, these new valuation indices may come across as being a bit too much for the sector. Being cognizant of this market predilection, a counter-strategy was proposed by State Minister on Revenue Hammad Azhar in his Budget 2019-20 speech of June 11.
The minister stated that, along with finalizing the plans to increase the FBR’s valuation rates, the government will aim to reduce the percentage of withholding tax imposed on property buyers and sellers from 2% to 1% (the ‘reprieve’ to go along with the tax hike).

THE OLD VS THE NEW

On a telling note, the FBR’s new valuation table drafts for immovable properties do not list any increased rates for Karachi and Quetta.
Now the board may or may not share these details before June 30; but even if it does, the new rates are likely to be higher by 20% to 30% when contrasted with the ones shared in February for these cities.
For the convenience of our readers, we have compared the new property valuation rates for Islamabad and Lahore with those notified in February 2019 in the table below:
Islamabad
FBR Rates – per sq. yd for residential plots
Percentage rise
Sector
Old (Feb-19)
New (July- 19)
D-12
38,760
68,000
75%
E-7
68,580
148,000
116%
E-11
31,200
64,000
105%
E-12
18,371
37,600
105%
F-6
58,260
136,000
133%
F-7
58,260
132,000
127%
F-8
58,260
120,000
106%
F-10
50,460
104,000
106%
F-11
50,460
88,000
74%
G-6
49,620
88,000
77%
G-7
45,720
88,000
92%
G-8
45,720
88,000
92%
G-9
45,720
84,000
84%
G-10
45,720
92,000
101%
G-11
45,720
88,000
92%
G-13
45,720
56,000
22%
G-14
40,000
48,000
20%
I-8
45,720
96,000
110%
I-9
19,200
64,000
233%
I-10
19,200
60,000
213%
I-11
19,200
48,000
150%
I-12
18,000
44,000
144%
I-14
18,000
40,000
122%
I-15
8,208
24,000
192%
I-16
11,479
26,400
130%
B-17, C-15, C-16,D-13, D-17, G-15, G-16, F-14, F-15, F-16, F-17
As per district collector’s rates

When looking at the figures listed for Islamabad, the percentage rise proposed for some areas might appear too much for a lot of people, but that fact remains that the rates notified in the old tables were conspicuously 
undervalued in comparison with fair market prices. Not to mention that the District Collector’s (DC) rate still remains applicable in various sectors of Islamabad Zone II: B-17, C-15, C-16, D-13, D-17, G-15, G-16, F-14, F-15, F-16, and F-17.
Here is what the FBR’s rate list for Lahore (2019-20) looks like when compared with the one issued earlier this year:
Lahore
Old FBR Rate Per Marla   (Feb 2019)
New FBR Rate Per Marla (Jul 2019)
Percentage 
Rise
Bahria
Education &
Medical City
132,600
218,790
65%
LDA City
198,000
326,700
65%
DHA Phase I
806,400
880,000
9%
DHA Phase II
662,400
880,000
33%
DHA Phase III
662,400
960,000
45%
DHA Phase III Y & Z Block
921,600
1,040,000
13%
DHA Phase IV
630,630
1,080,000
71%
DHA Phase V
504,000
1,240,000
146%
DHA Phase VI
486,000
1,100,000
126%
DHA Phase VII
386,000
600,000
55%
DHA Phase VIII
378,000
840,000
122%
DHA Phase IX
270,000
400,000
48%
DHA Phase X
270,000
160,000
-41%
DHA Phase XI
270,000
560,000
107%
DHA Rahbar
Sector (Sadhoki)
405,600
510,930
26%
DHA
(Dulu Khurd)
405,600
669,240
65%
State Life
Housing Scheme
(Kamahan)
343,200
566,280
65%
Central Park
264,000
435,600
65%
Pak Arab
Housing Scheme
(Chandrai)
528,000
871,200
65%
Ghazi Road
(Ferozepur Road to Jhatta Chowk)
1,056,000
1,742,400
65%
Gajjumatta &
adjoining abadis
330,000
544,500
65%
Ferozepur
Road (Kot
Lakhpat to
Gajjumatta)
1,320,000
2,178,000
65%
Gulberg Main Boulevard
1,339,200
2,209,680
65%
Gulberg I, II, III, IV & V
835,200
1,378,080
65%
DHA (Padri,
Bhangali, Chak
Bharat & Dhoori
700,800
1,156,320
65%
Green City
628,800
1,037,520
65%
Sui Gas Society (Chung
Punjgrain)
392,250
647,213
65%
New Lahore
City (Sultankay/Sundar)
138,750
228,938
65%
Wapda Town
504,000
831,600
65%
Thokar to
Shaukat
Khanum
Road
601,200
991,980
65%
Khayaban-n-Jinnah To Raiwind Road
(both sides)
592,800
978,120
65%
Raiwind Road (Thokar Chowk to Bhobatian)
324,150
534,848
65%
LDA Avenue-I
331,800
517,770
56%
Johar Town
561,600
926,640
65%
Johar Town
(Main Roads)
699,600
1,154,340
65%
Jubilee Town
328,800
542,520
65%
EME Society
675,000
880,000
30%
Bahria Town
574,200
800,000
39%
Paragon City
180,000
297,000
65%




The percentage rises for Lahore appear pretty reasonable, especially if you consider that the new rates are still lower by approximately 25% of the property’s fair market price.

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT

The rates notified in the valuation tables above have to go up – that’s for sure. But will the government wait for the next budget to reveal the finalized rates? Now that is a question which is worth asking at this stage.
It is clear, however, that the stringent measures currently being undertaken by the government are geared towards documenting the real estate sector, increasing the national tax net, and benefitting the stakeholders.

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