ISLAMABAD: The collection of motor vehicle tax has registered 15 percent decline during first nine months of current fiscal year, according to data released by the ministry of finance.
According to fiscal operation for first nine months issued by the finance ministry showed that the provinces had collected Rs16.73 billion during July – March 2019/2020 as compared with R19.64 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
The provinces have mandate to collect motor vehicle tax.
The lower collection of motor vehicle tax attributed to slowdown in economy and the cases of coronavirus started appearing in the month of March 2020, which resulted in lockdown.
The major slump in collection recorded by the Punjab province, which posted 19.5 percent decline to Rs9.55 billion during first nine months of current fiscal year as compared with Rs11.87 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The Sindh province posted 4 percent decline to Rs5.52 billion during July – March 2019/2020 as compared with Rs5.75 billion collected in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
The collection of motor vehicle tax by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa registered 18 percent decline to Rs1.14 billion during first nine months of the current fiscal year as compared with Rs1.39 billion collected in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The province of Balochistan collected Rs515 million during first nine months of current fiscal year as compared with Rs615 million in the same months of the last fiscal year, showing decline of 16 percent.
