Officers to take measures for Tax collection, recovery

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation & Narcotics Control and Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla has said that departmental action will be taken against the officers who failed to achieve recovery of Professional Tax in their respective beats as per given targets.
This he said while presiding over a meeting here in his office on Tuesday. The meeting was also attended by Secretary Excise and Taxation & Narcotics Control Abdul Halim Shaikh, Director General ET & NC Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, Director Excise Taxes Karachi Iqbal Ahmed Laghari and other officers.Mukesh Kumar Chawla asked them to take all out efforts for the recovery of defaulting amount of Professional Tax and ensure the achievement of assigned target without fail, adding that to constitute teams for recovery of the taxes.
He said, ‘Time has come that overall recovery of the taxes must be made upto the mark and all payments and assessment of the units/establishments must properly be incorporated along with documentary evidence and finalized by the DD/ETO concerned’.
The provincial minister asked the officers to maintain the record i.e. register, files and other relevant record in proper manner, asking them to chalk out a comprehensive plan for the recovery of the taxes.– Agencies