Officials directed to ensure recovery of motor vehicle tax

Officials directed to ensure recovery of motor vehicle tax

KARACHI: The officials of Sindh excise and taxation have been directed to ensure recovery of motor vehicle tax from government authorities.

Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation & Narcotics Control and Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla has asked the officers to boost-up their efforts for the recovery of Government’s dues regarding motor vehicle tax from Government, Semi-Government, Autonomous Bodies and Organizations and no lethargic attitude will be tolerated in this regard.

This he said while presiding over a meeting here in his office today. Secretary Excise and Taxation & Narcotics Control Abdul Halim Shaikh, Director General ET & NC Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, Additional Director Admn/MVR Nasir Effandi and other officers also attended the meeting.

In the meeting overall performance of the Deputy Directors/Excise and Taxation Officers of Motor Registration Wing was reviewed in detail.

He directed the Assistant Director Computer-I MRW to cooperate with all Deputy Directors/ETOs in providing requisite computerized data. Provincial minister for ET & NC & Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla also directed to launch Road Checking Campaign to nab the tax defaulting vehicles.

He added, ‘Recovery of the taxes is very important and it shows the performance of the officers as well and we must come upto the expectations of the people’.

Mukesh Kumar Chawla said that during last fiscal year Sindh Excise Department recovered more than 100% tax recovery and hopefully this year too we would also achieve more than our tax targets, he concluded.