Regarding Regulation of Leasing and Finance
Pakistan
1   Bus.Permit Issued By :

Others (Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan)

2 Business Requirement
  * Bus.Requirement Percentage (%) of Foreign Ownership Allowed :

100%

  * Bus. Requirement Minimum Capital Requirements :

Investment Finance (Rs.300 million), Leasing (Rs.200 million), Venture Capital (Rs.5 million), Discounting Services (Rs.200 million), Investment advisory & asset Management (Rs.30 million), Housing Finance (Rs.100 million)

  * Bus. Requirement Number Of Active Companies in Operation :

17 Leasing Companies

  * Bus. Requirement New Business Permit :

Allowed

3   Bus. Activities Include :

Leasing, Consumer Financing, Factoring, Credit Cards, Others (Housing Finance, Working capital, Asset Management, Term Finance, Venture Capital, Capital Market)

4   Products Financed :

Automotives (4 wheelers, 2 wheelers, Trucks, Transportation Vehicle (buses), Heavy Equipment, Machineries, Electronic Devices (computer, AC), Others (Reverse Osmosis Plants, Power Generators, Consumer Durables, Housing Units)

5   Source Of Funds :

Banks (on-shore & off-shore), Capital Market / Share Issuance, Capital Market / Bonds, Private Placement by Pension Funds, Private Placement by Insurance Companies, Deposit taking from the public (Certificates of Investments).

6   Loans :

Source Of Loans : Domestic (Provided By The Government - LMM Financing through SBP and Provided Private Sector),Regulation in relation to Gearing Ratio Borrowings less or equal than 10 times of Equity of NBFC

7   Accounting Treatment
  * Allowance for Bad-Debt & Write-Offs(%) :

≥ 1 Year (20%), ≥ 2 Years (50%), ≥ 3 Years (100%)

  * Tax Deductible :

35 %

8   Taxes
  * Corporate Tax rate Regulation (%) : 35 %
  * Withholding Tax Regulation (%) : 3.5 % - 10 %
  * VAT Regulation (%) : -
  * Sales & Leaseback Regulation / Vat Implemented or not : -
9   Legal Aspects :

Criminal proceeding allowed in case of bounced cheques

10   Reporting Mechanism-Supervision :

Central Bank, Others (Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan)

11   Constraints In Operation :

Borrowings from banks/Cost of Funds, Competition from Banks

12   Opportunites in Business :

Small and Medium Enterprises, Housing Finance, Consumer Finance, Operating Lease

13   Miscellaneous :

-

     

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