Excise dept collects Rs 6 bln tax during Jul-Dec 2020.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad Excise and Taxation department has achieved another milestone after collecting around Rs6 billion tax from July to December 2020.

Of the total Rs 6 billion about 2 billion was recovered for Federal board of Revenue (FBR) and deposited the amount to the national exchequer, Director Excise Bilal Azam told reporter.

"It was a biggest achievement of the department as the target was achieved at what times when people were feared to step out of his home due to COVID-19," said Azam.

The department, he said, had taken multiple initiatives to boost the revenue collection.

"We introduced online payment system, enabling the motor vehicle owner to submit their token fee through National Bank of Pakistan and 10 designated Post Offices in Islamabad," he said.

Moreover, the applicant were paying the Road Tax through mobile 'City App' and National Database and Registration Authority's (Nadra) e-sahulat centres across the country without visiting excise office which...

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