Sindh refuses to collect taxes for federal govt until FBR refunds Rs8bn: report.

The Sindh government led by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has refused to collect taxes for the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) until it refunds Rs8 billion it has deducted from the provincial excise department's acount, a private news channel reported on Monday.

According to the report, the Sindh Excise and Taxation Department collects around Rs8 billion in taxes for the federal government from the registration of vehicles of 800cc to 1300cc and transfer of vehicle ownership.

Sindh Excise Secretary Abdul Haleem Shaikh told the channel that they used to collect these taxes for the federal government voluntarily and there was no constitutional binding in this regard.

'After the Sindh CM's directions we will not collect this tax,' he told the media outlet.

On Feb 6, the Sindh government had expressed its anguish over the deduction of Rs8 billion by the FBR from the accounts of the...