LAHORE: Collectorate of Customs Preventive has collected Rs 22710 million duty and taxes in July to March 2016-17.
As per details, the Collectorate of Preventive collected Rs 6143 million customs duty during March against the proposed target of Rs 6701 million for the month.
Similarly, the collectoarte collected Rs 10502 million on account of sales taxes during the month under review against the target of Rs 10189 million.
On the other hand the Collectorate collected Rs 5895 million withholding tax against the target of Rs 6788 million for the months from July to March FY 2017.
Likewise the Collectoarte collected Rs 168 million on account of federal excise duty (FED) during the nine months against Rs 79 million proposed target for the period under review.
Overall the Collectoarte collected Rs 22710 million duty and taxes during the nine month from July to March.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector of Customs Preventive Ch Zulfiqar Ali has directed officers and official all alike to do more to achieve financial year’s target and go after the tax evaders and never give up to any undue pressure.
Similarly the collector has also instructed to the Anti-Smuggling Organization to work more to curtail smuggling activities under the limits of the collectorate.
It was also added that the collector directed all the staff of the ASO to adopt zero tolarence against the smuggling activities.
