App will notify consum­ers about tax receip­t throug­h a simple messag­eISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to introduce a mobile app for real time collection of general sales tax (GST) charged by hotels and restaurants throughout the country. The app will send consumers an instant receipt confirming tax collection from them and help enhance government’s revenue from food and accommodation sector. The letter observed that all luxury hotels and restaurants in the country collected GST besides their usual bills. Furthermore, the app can be integrated with the tax mechanism so that GST payments are made on real-time basis. According to the sources, the system permitted the FBR to digitally monitor payments received by the restaurants in Islamabad.

Source: The Express Tribune April 12, 2019 03:11 UTC