Sindh Excise Department achieves 101% tax target: Mukesh Kumar Chawla

Karachi (HRNW)- Provincial Minister for Excise & Taxation and Narcotics Control & Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla has said that despite the poor economic situation in the country, the performance of Sindh Excise Department has been excellent and Sindh Excise Department has
exceeded the revised targets. He said that the revised tax target was Rs. 66831 million while a total tax of Rs. 67388.107 million was collected till the end of this financial year.

Provincial Minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla further said that the collection of all taxes had been severely affected due to the lockdown in Sindh on account of Corona virus. However, with the introduction of Online Queue Management System, better collection of taxes in lockdown was possible. Excise Minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla said that Rs. 1836.349 million was collected in the term of property tax while Rs. 54241.597 million was collected in the term of infrastructure cess. He said that it should be noted that from July 2019 to February 2020, Pakistan’s imports had declined by 30%, however Rs.535.291 million was collected in professional tax while Rs.5984.498 million was collected in motor vehicle tax. He said that Rs.205.968 million was collected in the form of cotton fee and Rs.60.177 million in the term of Entertainment Duty while the overall situation of collection of taxes was 101%.

Provincial Minister for Excise & Taxation and Narcotics & Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla also lauded the performance of the officers and staff of the department in achieving the tax collection targets and hoped that they would continue to work in the same spirit.