SCCI resents issuance of property tax notices with excessive rates.

PESHAWAR -- The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has slammed the issuance of property tax notices to business community with excessive rates by provincial Excise and Taxation department and termed it as anti-business and against the interest of traders' community. The reservations were conveyed by a group of traders in a meeting with the SCCI president Maqsood Anwar here at the chambers house on Friday. He said the move will create mistrust between government and traders, which may also create difficulties to provincial government, to increase its revenue-base. The chamber president said that the traders had protested the imposition of excessive new taxes. Whereas, he added the provincial Excise and Taxation department had issued notices to business community regarding property taxes with exorbitant rates. He alleged the business community is being harassed through various tactics by the officials of various government departments to...

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