Sindh Minister for Excise, Taxation, Narcotics Control (ET&NC) and Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla has said that the E&T department has recovered rupees 43017.962 million during current fiscal year from July 2018 to January 2019 in terms of various taxes while in the same period during last financial year Rs 36764.592 million were recovered.

Chawla said this, presiding over a meeting in his office, here on Sunday. Secretary ET&NC Abdul Rahim Shaikh, Director Generals Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh, Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, Additional Secretary Dr Ghulam Mustafa Suhag and other directors, also attended the meeting.

Briefing the meeting, Director General Shaikh said that Rs 4483.533 millions were recovered in term of Motor Vehicle Tax and Rs 33557.127 millions were collected in Infrastructure Cess. He said Rs 270.363 millions were collected in professional tax, Rs 154.771 in cotton fee, Rs 1455.407 in property tax and Rs 37.146 millions in entertainment duty.

Mukesh Chawla asked the officers to improve property tax collection. He said that needed to be focused. DG Shabbir Shaikh said that a comprehensive plan had been chalked out for recovery of the property tax and teams had also been formed in this regard.

The Minister said he needed results. He also asked DG Excise and Taxation to take action against those officers who failed to achieve tax collection targets.

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