Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) organized a three-day training workshop on Global VAT/GST in cooperation with International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) at IBA''s city campus, here on Saturday. The tax experts of IBFD, who have already conducted several fiscal studies on European Union (EU) countries in particular and African and Asian countries in general, are imparting training to SRB officials.
Talking to Business Recorder, Khalid Mahmood, Chairman SRB, said that this workshop would help the SRB officials clarify their concepts regarding tax on services besides it would also facilitate them to find best possible ways to resolve tax-related issues in a highly professional manner.
He said that this training workshop would give an idea how tax on services was dealt with in the EU countries. Furthermore, he said, tax compliance in Sindh had improved and the board, which collected Rs 78 billion in tax year 2016-17, had set a Rs 100 billion target in the current fiscal year. This three-day training workshop will conclude today. Syed Mushtaq Kazimi, Advisor tax policy also attended the workshop.