Excise dept to take action against professional tax defaulters.

KARACHI -- The Department of Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Sindh has decided to take action against those who do not pay professional tax.

The department has asked the businessmen to deposit their professional tax by December 31, otherwise, action will be taken against them as per law.

The decision was made at a meeting chaired by the Minister for Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control and Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla, said a statement on Thursday.

The meeting was also attended by Secretary Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control Abdul Haleem Sheikh, Director General Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui and other officers.

Briefing the meeting, Director General Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui said that the Excise Department Sindh gave businessmen a computerized tax invoice on a yearly basis and businessmen could register their businesses on www.excise.gos.pk and www.business- sindh.gov.pk through a simple procedure. He...