Thus, the ETO said the properties were sealed off in accordance with relevant rules and regulations, adding various teams had been formed to take strict action against tax defaulters and in this regard the department would spare no one involved in tax evasion.
He said that the department had enhanced checking in different areas to detect vehicles plying on roads without payment of token tax. He said that the department had achieved its target in terms of collecting registration and token tax, adding Rs 12 million token tax had been deposited to the federal government while under the head of registration Rs 13 million have been collected in nine months.
During the current financial year, the officer added, the department collected Rs 45.22 million token tax and added the credit goes to all employees who worked day and night to recover outstanding taxes. As far as the property tax was concerned, the ETO said, noose is being tightened around the defaulters and their markets sealed off over non-payment of tax, adding recovery under the head of Hotels and Bargain tax, more than 70 percent as compared to previous years had been recovered under the same.
The ETO said that the department collected Rs 2.6 million under the head of professional tax during the last three months. He also appealed people to come forward and take part in socio-economic development of the country by depositing taxes voluntarily adding it was also their legal and moral obligation.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2017