RAWALPINDI: On Friday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi panel ruled that the lawyers could no longer charge a fixed monthly GST of Rs6,000.
The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bar Association petition was considered by the LHC Rawalpindi bench. In its ruling, the bench stated that the inclusion of the GST in power bills is invalid, and any attorneys who paid the bill using the GST should receive a refund of their payment.
Lawyers are not the retailers or shopkeepers on which fixed GST can be applied, the court in its verdict said. It may be noted that the incumbent federal government through Finance Bill 2022-23 imposed fixed regime tax on the shopkeepers through electricity bills.
