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Dawn KARACHI: Sindh Excise and Taxation Department collected Rs6,831.992 million during first quarter (July-September) of this fiscal year, showing an increase of Rs589.663m from the corresponding period last year when collection stood at Rs6,242.329m.

Official sources giving details of revenue collection during July-Sept period said that all the seven taxes collected by (E&TD) recorded fabulous growth during period under review having an impact of 10 per cent increase in overall collection over last year. The oldest revenue collecting arm of the...

In a move to increase provincial revenue and ensure transparency, Sindh Excise and Taxation department will computerise collection system of six more taxes including excise duty, cotton fee, professional tax, hotel tax, property tax and entertainment tax

This was stated by Shoaib Siddique, Director General Excise, Sindh in an interview here on Saturday. "Motor Vehicle tax and Infrastructure cess are already online, but these will also be up-graded in this financial year. The province would get more than double revenue through Excise and Taxation dep...

KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation, Mukesh Kumar Chawla on Saturday said he has started computerization and automation of various departments under his Ministry at the cost of Rs 150 million and it will be completed in next two years.

With this automation, the Ministry will be able to provide more facilities to the tax-payers, to check pilferage/leakage in tax collection by replacing manual tax system with the computerized one. After computerization, the Excise and Taxation departments will be linked to Customs at the ports and o...

KARACHI: The Excise and Taxation Department of Sindh has launched an online portal for verification of vehicles in the province, without any official announcement,ProPakistani has reported

The portal provides information regarding a vehicle once its registration number is entered in the search box. However, no personal information is provided by the system, it displays only the necessary information about the vehicle and the owner's name. Punjab had also launched a similar verificatio...

KARACHI: With the revival of the commissioner system in Sindh, all proceeds of the property tax have been transferred to the department of excise and taxation with effect from July 1, 2011.

The department had already been collecting property tax on behalf of the City District Government Karachi since the introduction of the local government system and transferring its proceeds to the CDGK after retaining collection charges. Under the new arrangement, the department will retain all proc...