LAHORE: Departmental proceedings have been started against three excise and taxation officers while 11 excise inspectors have been suspended for sending wrong property tax notices to the taxpayers.
Excise and Taxation Director Lahore region Akram Ashraf Gondal who was appreciated in directors conference by Punjab Finance Minister Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman for achieving the highest revenue during first quarter of the current year, has decided to take action against officials following the complaints of sending property tax notices with more than 50 percent increase to the public.
Source concerned told that lists of the wrong doers were being prepared and strict action was being taken against them. The E&T directors started the investigations and directed to suspend the officers who were found guilty in complaints of over-billing.
It is pertinent to mention that the government made only 50 percent increase in property tax in current year, while some officials sent property tax notices to public with more than 50 percent increase so that they can mint money from the public. Following the complaints, provincial government directed the department to take strict actions against the black sheep.
