Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has organized a three-day training workshop on Global VAT/GST in cooperation with International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) at IBA city campus, here on Saturday. The tax experts of IBFD, one of prestigious organizations in Europe, 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 to clarify their concepts regarding tax on services besides it would also facilitate them to find best possible way to resolve tax related issues. He said that this training workshop would give an idea how tax on services was dealt in EU countries.

Furthermore, he said that tax compliance in Sindh had improved and the board, which collected Rs 78 billion in tax year 2016-17, was now eyeing to achieve Rs 100 billion mark in current fiscal year. This three-day training workshop, which was kicked off on September 22, 2017, will be concluded on Sunday. Syed Mushtaq Kazimi, Advisor tax policy also attended the workshop.

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