KARACHI: The Sindh Revenue Board and the London School of Economics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an aim to train tax officials to collect general sales tax on services.
After receiving a go-head from the centre to collect general sales tax on services, the provincial government had established the Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) for collecting the tax under the 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) Award from July 2011.
Sources told Customs Today that employees from Sindh government’s various departments were inducted into the SRB to run the affairs.
However, the passage of time, the officials have been trained on tax collection, but there was a dire need to impart proper training amongst the officials so that their performance could be enhanced, sources added.
In this regard, the SRB has signed an agreement with the London School of Economics under which an academy – Sindh Revenue Board Training Academy for Capacity Building would be established in the province to train government officials on tax issues, they said.
The officials would be given training on tax, governance and public policy, under Public Sector Management Reform Project, approved by the Government of Sindh with the support of World Bank, sources concluded.
