Over 27,000 vehicles checked, Rs30m collected in 10 days
A total of 27,915 vehicles were checked across the province by the end of the 10th day during the road checking campaign by Sindh Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Department of Sindh to collect taxes from the owners of the tax defaulting vehicles.
According to a statement released on Thursday, as many as 8,053 vehicles were checked in Karachi, 7,933 in Hyderabad and 2,878 in Sukkur while 4,025 in Larkana, 3,309 in Mirpurkhas and 1,707 in Shaheed Benazirabad.
During the road checking campaign, so far 1,852 vehicles have been seized for various reasons while documents of 2,275 vehicles have also been confiscated.
Till end of the 10th day, motor vehicle tax worth about Rs30 million was collected.
Provincial Minister for Excise , Taxation and Narcotics Control Department Mukesh Kumar Chawla praised the performance of Sindh Excise Department staff and said that the campaign to collect tax from tax defaulting vehicle owners would continue till June 3.
He advised tax defaulters to visit the Excise Department's website www.excise.gos.pk for details of their taxes and they can get complete information about their taxes through the web calculator available on the website.
Moreover, the minister said there are 15 branches of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), where citizens can pay vehicle tax.
Chawla advised the vehicle owners to transfer the vehicle on their names immediately after purchasing it as it is an offence to drive a car on an open letter.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 27th, 2022.