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16 ACCA Taxation (Pakistan) questions with answers and explanations.
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A salaried individual has salary income of more than 75 percent of taxable income and taxable income of Rs. 2,500,000. What is the tax, using ACCA's 2026 to 2027 salaried rates and ignoring any surcharge?
Correct answer: Rs. 185,000
Tax = Rs. 116,000 + 23% x (2,500,000 - 2,200,000) = Rs. 185,000.
A salaried individual has taxable income of Rs. 4,500,000. Using ACCA's 2026 to 2027 salaried rates, what is the tax before any surcharge?
Correct answer: Rs. 756,000
Tax = Rs. 616,000 + 35% x (4,500,000 - 4,100,000) = Rs. 756,000.
A salaried individual has taxable income of Rs. 800,000. What is the tax before any surcharge?
Correct answer: Rs. 2,000
The first Rs. 600,000 is taxed at 0%. 1% x (800,000 - 600,000) = Rs. 2,000.
A non-salaried individual has taxable income of Rs. 2,000,000. What is the tax before any surcharge, using ACCA's non-salaried rates?
Correct answer: Rs. 290,000
Tax = Rs. 170,000 + 30% x (2,000,000 - 1,600,000) = Rs. 290,000.
A non-salaried individual has taxable income of Rs. 1,000,000. What is the tax before any surcharge?
Taxable pension is Rs. 12,000,000. What is the tax using ACCA's rate on taxable pension?
Correct answer: Rs. 100,000
The first Rs. 10,000,000 is at 0%. 5% x (12,000,000 - 10,000,000) = Rs. 100,000.
A person's salary is 60 percent of taxable income. Which rates apply?
Correct answer: The non-salaried slab rates
The salaried rates apply only where salary exceeds 75 percent of taxable income.
On what basis is salary income taxed?
Correct answer: The receipt basis
Salary is taxed when it is received or treated as received.
Plant and machinery costing Rs. 2,000,000 is bought in the year. Using ACCA's rates (initial allowance 25 percent, depreciation 15 percent of tax WDV), what is the total first-year allowance?
Correct answer: Rs. 725,000
Initial allowance = 500,000. WDV = 1,500,000. Depreciation = 225,000. Total = 725,000.
Using the same rates, what is the tax written down value of plant and machinery that cost Rs. 2,000,000 at the end of its first year?
Computer hardware costing Rs. 100,000 was bought last year and depreciation of 30 percent was claimed on the cost. What is this year's depreciation allowance?
Correct answer: Rs. 21,000
The tax WDV is 70,000 after last year's allowance. 30% x 70,000 = 21,000.
Pre-commencement expenditure of Rs. 500,000 is amortised at 20 percent a year. What is the annual deduction?
Which statement about business expenditure is correct?
Correct answer: Capital expenditure is not deductible but may qualify for depreciation
Revenue expenditure for the business is deductible, subject to specific rules.
Which losses can generally be set against other heads of income in the same year?
Correct answer: Business losses, apart from salary and property income
Capital and speculation losses are restricted.
An AOP has paid tax on its profits. How is a member's share of that profit treated in the member's hands?
Correct answer: It is exempt, except where the member is a company
The AOP is taxed separately from its members.
What is the normal tax year in Pakistan?
Correct answer: The 12 months ending on 30 June
A special or transitional tax year may apply in some cases.