KPRA Holds Capacity Building Training For Withholding Agents

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) on Tuesday organized a capacity building workshop for the officials of government departments and representatives of private entities of Kohat, Karak and Hangu to build the capacity of its withholding agents to promote tax culture and also increase tax compliance in the province

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Feb, 2023 ) :Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) on Tuesday organized a capacity building workshop for the officials of government departments and representatives of private entities of Kohat, Karak and Hangu to build the capacity of its withholding agents to promote tax culture and also increase tax compliance in the province.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Mobilization (KPRM) assisted the KPRA in conducting the workshop.

The participants included officials of District Administration Kohat, Karak and Hangu, Accounts Offices, Tehsil Municipal Administrations of the three Districts, and education Department, Local Government Department, Colleges, Universities, OGDCL, FATA University, KUST, WSSK and Kohat board.

KPRA Additional Collector South Aftab Ahmad in his welcome remarks thanked the participants for attending the workshop. He shed light on the history of sales tax on services in the province, importance of taxes for the development of the country and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He assured complete support to the participants. "We need your assistance to ensure tax compliance. We have to work in collaboration to generate revenue for the government to be spent on public uplift schemes and my team will be available for your assistance," he said.

The additional collector KPRA awarded certificates to the participants of the training.

Deputy Collector KPRA South Region Saud Khan Wazir 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, and withhold sales tax from the service providers and how to submit their sales tax returns.

The KPRA team including Audit Officer Kamil Zada, Audit Officer Wasif ur Rehman and Inspector Mohammad Ishaq and Inspector Abdul Khaliq answered the questions of the participants.