Sindh E&T dept lauded for achieving tax targets

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control and Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla on Wednesday lauded the Sindh Excise and Taxation Department for recovering 102pc in taxes for the fiscal year 2018-19.

“The E&T department recovered Rs74.92 billion in the financial year FY19, as compared to the collection of Rs66.48 billion in FY18,” the provincial minister noted while presiding over a meeting in his office.

Excise and Taxation & Narcotics Control Secretary Abdul Rahim Shaikh, director generals Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh, Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui and other officers attended the meeting.

Briefing the meeting, E&T Director General Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh said that Rs7.09 billion was collected in term of the motor vehicle tax, Rs6.01 billion as infrastructure cess and Rs398.294 millions as professional tax.