Finance Minister Miftah Ismail contacted a delegation of the business community of Karachi through telephone with the help of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) over the issue of including sales tax in electricity bills.
Miftah admitted that electricity bills have been made wrongy. He told the traders that K Electric officials had been summoned to Islamabad to correct the electricity bills.
Sharjil Goplani, president of All-City Tajir Ittehad Association, said that the finance minister has assured to abolish GST and other taxes included in electricity bills.
He said there was also a discussion on providing a separate challan for traders to pay tax.
Trade Action Committee Chairman Muhammad Rizwan has demanded removal of sales tax from electricity bills diately.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 2nd, 2022.
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