SRB invites proposals for budget 2023-2024

SRB invites proposals for budget 2023-2024

KARACHI: Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has invited proposals for budget 2023-2024 and advised stakeholders to send their recommendations by January 27, 2023.

In a notification issued on Tuesday, the SRB said that it had invited proposals in relation to the Sindh Sales Tax on Services Act, 2011 and the Rules and Notifications issued thereunder.

The provincial revenue body said that it was in the process of formulating budgetary proposals (for the Sindh Budget 2023-2024) in relation to taxation and procedural provisions of Sindh Sales Tax on Services Act, 2011, The Sindh Sales Tax on Services Rules, 2011, the Sindh Sales Tax Special Procedures (Withholding) Rules, 2014, the Sindh Sales Tax Special Procedure (Transportation or Carriage of Petroleum Oil through Oil Tankers) Rules, 2018, the Sindh Sales Tax Special Procedure (Services provided or rendered by cab aggregator and the services provided or rendered by the owners or drivers of the motor vehicles using the cab aggregator services) Rules, 2019 and Sindh Sales Tax Special Procedure (Online Integration of Business) Rules, 2022 and other various notifications issued under the said Act, 2011.

It has been a policy of the SRB to consult all chambers, associations, groups, stakeholders and taxpayers before finalizing the budget proposals.

With this end in view, the SRB requests all persons (including the chambers of commerce and industry, business councils, trade associations, tax bars, Institute of Chartered Accountants, Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, taxpayers etc.) to send written proposals in the given format urgently so as to reach through e-mail (followed by its hard copy to be sent by post / courier) latest by Friday, January 27, 2023.

The SRB asked the stakeholders to provide proposals in the format included: name of the act/rules/notification proposed to be amended; section no., schedule no., tariff heading no., rule no., para no., involved; existing provisions/rates of tax/ proposed provisions/rates of tax; reasons and rationale for the proposal; and estimated revenue effect, (if any).