Short term investor will shift to 5 marla
With the new tax amendments, basic threshold of Rs 3 million for the application of withholding tax on the purchase of immovable property has been enhanced to Rs 4 million. Any transaction within one year will be subject to 10% gains tax above the threshold.
This means 5 Marla plots will be new turf of short term trading and their
prices will be jacked up. This will be disadvantageous to smaller property buyers to build house. But as soon as it reached to 4 million then is the level playing field because it has entered into tax limit. By hitting 4 million threshold will have lost the advantage of being CGT free and may lost interest with short term traders.