MALAKAND
To increase tax compliance and build capacity for government departments in tax collection and withholding, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) held a workshop for the officials of government departments stationed at district Malakand of the province.
An official press issued here on Tuesday said that the USAID-funded Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Mobilization Activity assisted the authority in conducting the workshop.
The workshop was attended by the officials of District administration, Tehsil Municipal Administration, Educational Boards, Education Department, Local Government, University of Malakand, and District Accounts Office Malakand.
KPRA Additional Collector Mardan and Malakand Mussarat Zaman shed light on the history of sales tax on services and the mandate of KPRA.
“Our team is available for your support and we have to work together. We need your assistance in ensuring complete tax compliance to make more and more revenue for the government to be spent on public uplift schemes,” he said.
The additional collector KPRA awarded certificates to the participants of the training. Deputy Collector Mardan and Malakand Ejaz Ali Khan and Assistant Collector Afaq Ali briefed the participants on the KP Sales Tax on Services Withholding Regulations 2020, in his presentation and explained the whole process of how to calculate, withhold sales tax from the service providers and how to submit their sales tax returns.
The Deputy Collector answered the questions of the participants and explained the difference between sales tax on services and sales tax on goods.
USAID-KPRM Public Outreach Specialist Naveed Yousafzai in his statement said that they will continue to support KPRA in tax acculturation and awareness of public and withholding agents.
Two more such awareness and training workshops shops will be held for withholding agents in Dir Upper and Dir Lower, he said.
The participants of the training workshop thanked USAID-KPRM and KPRA for providing them the opportunity to learn and assured that they will try their best to ensure tax compliance and play their part in the progress and development of the country.
