SRB exempts sales tax on services for USAID funded programs

SRB exempts sales tax on services for USAID funded programs

KARACHI: Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) on Thursday granted exemption from sales tax on services for projects funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The SRB in a statement said that with approval of the Sindh government it had exempted from the whole of the sales tax payable on such taxable services and are received or procured by the USAID or the Implementing Partners of the USAID under the Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP) funded by way of grant-in-aid provided by the USAID under the framework of the Pakistan Enhanced Partnership Agreement (PEPA) of 2010 signed between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

The SRB through another notification to grant exemption from the whole of the sales tax payable on such taxable services and are received or procured by the Municipal Delivery Service Program- Sindh (MSDP) funded by way of grant-in-aid provided by the USAID under the framework of the Pakistan Enhanced Partnership Agreement (PEPA) of 2010 signed between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.