Excise Dept to take action against tax defaulters.

KARACHI -- The Department of Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control Sindh has decided to take action against those who do not pay professional tax and asked the businessmen to deposit their professional tax by December 31, otherwise, action will be taken against them as per law.

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the Minister for Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control and Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla. 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 has said that Excise Department Sindh gave businessmen a computerised tax invoice on a yearly basis and this businessmen could register their businesses on www.excise.gos.pk and www.business- sindh.gov.pk through a simple procedure.

He further informed that these numbers of...