ITO Section 148

Imports.

(1) The Collector of Customs shall collect advance tax from every importer of goods on the value of the goods at the rate specified in Part II of the First Schedule 2 [in respect of goods classified in Parts I to III of the Twelfth Schedule]

[Provided that the Board may, by a notification in the official Gazette, add in the Twelfth Schedule any entry thereto or omit any entry therefrom or amend any entry therein:

Provided further that in case of goods classified under Part III of the Twelfth Schedule which are used both as raw material and finished goods, the Board may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify that goods imported by a person or class of persons as raw material for its own use shall be treated as classified under Part II of the Twelfth Schedule, subject to such conditions and procedure as may be prescribed]

[Provided also that the Collector of Customs, shall not collect tax under this section, where the recipient of goods is also liable under the Digital Presence Proceeds tax, Act, 2025 and same has been collected by the payment intermediary as defined in section 153.]

(2) Omitted 

[(2A) Notwithstanding omission of sub-section (2), any notification issued under the said sub-section and for the time being in force, shall continue to remain in force, unless 4 [amended or] rescinded by the Board through notification in the official Gazette.”;]

(3) Omitted 

(4) Omitted 

(4A) Omitted 

(5) Advance tax shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time as the customs-duty payable in respect of the import or, if the goods are exempt from customs-duty, at the time customs-duty would be payable if the goods were dutiable.

(6) [Subject to sub-section (6A), the] provisions of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), in so far as relevant, shall apply to the collection of tax under this section. 

[(6A) The Board may, by notification in the official Gazette, determine the minimum value of goods for the purpose of collection of advance tax under this section.] 

[(7) The tax  [required to be] collected under this section shall be  [minimum] tax  [ ] on the income of the importer arising from the imports subject to sub-section (1) and this sub-section shall not apply in the case of import of  [goods on which tax is required to be collected under this section  [ ] by an industrial undertaking for its own use.]  

[(7A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (7), the tax required to be collected under this section shall be minimum tax on the income every person arising from imports of following goods –

• (i) edible oil;
• (ii) packaging material;
• (iii) paper and paper board; or
• (iv) plastics:

Provided that the Board with the approval of Minister in-charge may, by a notification in the official Gazette, add any entry thereto or omit any entry therefrom or amend any entry therein this sub-section.]

(8)    Omitted 

(8A)  Omitted 

(9) In this section – “Collector of Customs” means the person appointed as Collector of Customs under section 3 of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), and includes a Deputy Collector of Customs, an Additional Collector of Customs, or an officer of customs appointed as such under the aforesaid section; 

Value of goods means –

• (a) in case of goods chargeable to tax at retail price under the Third Schedule of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, the retail price of such goods increased by sales tax payable in respect of the import and taxable supply of the goods;]
• (b) in case of  [goods other than those specified in clauses (a) and (c)]; the value of the goods as determined under the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), as if the goods were subject to ad valorem duty increased by the custom-duty, federal excise duty and sales tax, if any, payable in respect of the import of the goods  [; and] 
• [(c) minimum value as notified by the Board under subsection (6A) as if such goods were subject to ad valorem duty as increased by the custom-duty, federal excise duty and sales tax, payable in respect of the import of the goods.]