Rs2b revenue collected by K-P in October

KPRA DG Shah attributes success to PTI’s vision

PESHAWAR:

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) on Monday recorded an unprecedented achievement by collecting over Rs2 billion in revenue for the month of October.

This is the first time since the inception of KPRA that its monthly collection had crossed the Rs2 billion mark.

KPRA Director General Fayyaz Ali Shah has attributed the success to the vision of the provincial government and the efforts of the KPRA staff.

"It is indeed a proud moment for us and I am grateful to the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for putting trust in us. It would not have been possible without the guidance and support of the provincial government and efforts of my team," Shah said.

He added that his team has been trying its best to facilitate the taxpayers in a befitting manner apart from meeting the revenue and non-revenue targets assigned by the provincial government.

According to sources familiar with the matter, KPRA has recorded a 25.9 per cent revenue growth this year in October by collecting Rs2.031 compared to Rs1.61 billion.

KPRA has collected a total Rs7.022 billion in the first four months of the current financial year which shows a 23.2 per cent overall revenue growth when compared to the Rs5.69 billion collection recorded in the first four months of the last financial year and 71.31 per cent growth when compared to the same period of 2019-20.

With the increase in revenue collection, the KPRA has also improved remarkably in shaping people's perception regarding the working of the revenue authority, ethics, professionalism of its staff, and overall transparency, the DG Shah said.

As per the perception survey conducted this year, 95 per cent of people showed satisfaction over the professionalism and ethics of KPRA staff while 76 per cent of people said that the system for collection of sales tax on services is fair.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 2^nd, 2021.