Karachi school moves SHC against collection of GST.

KARACHI -- Karachi school on Monday moved the Sindh High Court (SHC) against collection of General Sales Tax (GST) on electricity bill, ARY News reported.

A private school filed a plea with SHC against the school for sending an electricity bill with GST. We are running a school, not a retailer, the plea stated and added that K-Electric has slapped Rs6,000 each GST on the four commercial electricity meters. The plaintiff said they are registered with the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and collection of sales tax via electricity bill is illegal.

The SHC after the initial hearing served notices to the respondents including KE and asked them to appear before the court on August 3.

Earlier, the...

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT