Punjab govt launched E-Courts for tax payers facilitation
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LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Finance Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha on Monday said e-courts were being launched in all districts of Punjab under Punjab Revenue Authority Appellant Tribunal for the facility of tax payers and an MoU was being signed for transparent receipts of sales tax in all branches of the Bank of Punjab.
The minister expressed these views while addressing a ceremony on tax day here at a local hotel under the aegis of Punjab Revenue Authority. She said the aim of observing tax day was to highlight the importance and need of tax in performance of state affairs and apprising the citizens of performing this national obligation.
The finance minister said such a tax policy was being prepared which would protect public interests along with government institutions. She said tax was right of the government and payment of tax was duty of the people, however, it did not mean that undue burden be put on taxpayers. That was why, she said, all provincial agencies including Punjab Revenue Authority was bringing those people in tax net who were not paying their tax.
She said a modern computerized system was being introduced for making tax receipts system foolproof so that possibilities of tax theft and leakage could be eliminated.
Speaking on the occasion, Provincial Minister for Excise & Taxation Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman said Punjab had made unprecedented progress during the last eight years and the credit went to Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif who through his revolutionary vision, had introduced modern system of governance not only in tax but also in every public sector and discouraged corruption.
He said Excise & Taxation department was putting a big share in resources of the province through tax collection from different sectors.
He said the receipts of the department had increased 300 percent and there was a need of further hard work for relying on own resources. "Now people will not have to visit Excise office for the payment of their tax but the system of recoveries has been made online," he added.
Chief Secretary Punjab Capt. (R) Zahid Saeed, First Secretary of German Embassy Islamabad, Chairman PRA Raheel Ahmed Siddiqui, Chief Executive Punjab IT Board Umer Saif, President Lahore Chamber of Commerce Abdul Basit and President Bank of Punjab Naeem ud Din were also present on the occasion. (APP)