10% Property Tax To Be Implemented From 1st January

[Salman]

Yesterday, a workshop was held by the Excise Department to train the Excise team as to how to go about conducting new property survey.

Several officers of Excise Department including Shahid Ashraf Tararr – Secretary Excise, Humayun Mazhar Sheikh – D.G. Excise, Ashiq Hussain Shah – Director Excise and Akram Ashraf Gondal and several others attended the meeting.

Addressing the team, Secretary Excise said that survey will be conducted both by survey staff and officers. It is also recommended to award a month salary to all the survey staff.

At the meeting, D.G. Excise said that 10 percent property tax will be collected from 1st January, 2014 and 30 percent new units will also be added in the tax system, which were previously not there in the database. Excise teams will go from door to door to conduct survey and all the record will be computerized