Tribal districts to pay K-P sales tax on services
Income tax collection was about Rs335 billion more than the target, offsetting the impact of missed sales tax and customs duty targets. photo: file
Exemption to tribal districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in sales tax has ended in July 2021 but these areas still do not pay sales tax on services and this practice should be stopped.
This was said by Director General Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority, Fauzia Iqbal, while chairing a meeting.
Secretaries of Communication and Works Department and Energy and Power Department on this occasion announced to ensure strict compliance with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Sales Tax on Services on Thursday.
The announcement came during separate meetings of the Director General Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) and her team with the officials of both departments. The meetings were held at the committee rooms of C&W and Energy and Power under the chairmanship of the departments’ respective secretaries.
DG KPRA Fouzia Iqbal gave detailed briefings about the KPRA and its mandate along with giving a short history of the sales tax on services in the province and explaining the agenda points at both the meetings.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 22nd, 2024.