PESHAWAR: Business community has rejected collection of \u2018fixed tax\u2019 through electricity bills and demanded of the federal government to withdraw it forthwith. Hasnain Khurshid Ahmad, president Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry while chairing a meeting of local traders\u2019 here at the chamber\u2019s house on Thursday said the government has collected sales tax from Rs3,000 up to Rs20,000 through electricity bills, which couldn\u2019t be acceptable to them. Without differentiating between small and large-scale businesses, and godowns, the forced system of \u2018fixed\u2019 sale tax on commercial power meters was reflection of the government\u2019s anti-business policies, and tantamount to economic-murder of traders\u2019 community, Mr Khurshid said. The meeting was attended by the chamber\u2019s senior vice president Imran Khan Mohmand, vice president Javed Akhtar, Anjuman e Tajaran Peshawar president Haji Muhammad Afzal and other trader\u2019 leaders, office bearers of various bazaars and markets associations. Participants of the meeting termed the government\u2019s decision isn\u2019t only economic murder of the traders\u2019 community but it is also hardly affect the inflation hit poor masses. The traders have already paid \u2018sales tax\u2019 and again collection of \u2018fixed tax\u2019 from Rs3,000 to Rs, 20,000 through power bills completely unjustifiable and unfair, the speakers said. The SCCI\u2019s chief said the frequent increase in power tariffs and collection of Fuel Price Adjustment (FPA) in power bills is strongly condemnable and unacceptable. The traders\u2019 leader asked the government to take back its decision to collect additional taxes on power bills in the name of FPA and others. Our Correspondent
\nThe traders warned to besiege the building of Wapda house if in case, the disconnection of power supply of their shops and business premises.
\nHasnain Khurshid asked the federal government to refrain from imposing anti-traders and business policies. He added said traders and poor people couldn\u2019t afford any new tax, subsequent increase in inflation.
\nThe chamber\u2019s president vowed to strongly resist the government\u2019s decision of a fixed \u2018sales tax\u2019 on power bills by launching a vigorous agitation campaign across the KP province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR: Business community has rejected collection of \u2018fixed tax\u2019 through electricity bills and demanded of the federal government to withdraw it forthwith. Hasnain Khurshid Ahmad, president Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry while chairing a meeting of local traders\u2019 here at the chamber\u2019s house on Thursday said the government has collected sales tax from Rs3,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-274251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n