ISLAMABAD: Customs Gilgit-Baltistan has collected Rs 143.819 million during first 15 days of October 2016-17.
Assistant Collector Akbar Jan told Customs Today that Gilgit-Baltistan was given revenue collection target of Rs 218.5 million for the month of October 2016-17 and the Collectorate has made a strategy to surpass the target during the month.
He said that Gilgit-Baltistan adopted comprehensive strategy for speedy examination and clearance of consignments during October 2016-17. He said that the Collectorate will maintain its performance during the month. He said that the Collecorate collected record revenue in the history of Sust dry port during August-September 2016-17.
Akbar Jan said that during July-Sep 2016, GB Collectorate collected Rs. 506 million under the head of customs duty against assigned target of Rs281 million.
He added that the Collectorate also surpassed its sales tax target by 66%, as it collected Rs. 372 million against the assigned target of Rs. 224 million.
As far collection of all taxes is concerned, Customs Gilgit Baltistan has successfully achieved its assigned target of Rs. 597 million by collecting Rs. 1025 million (72% higher) and 86% higher than the tax collection during July-Sep, 2015.
Auction: Model Customs Collectorate, Islamabad, will hold auction of confiscated items including cars, LCDs, cloth, solar panels, crockery, aluminum and vehicles on October 20 (Thursday) at customs warehouse situated in sector G12.
Assistant Collector Headquarter Tahir Khattok will supervise the auction which will start at 11am.
The vehicles which will be offered for auction, included Toyota double-cabin, Toyota Land Cruiser, Toyota Crown, Nissan double-cabin, Toyota Surf, Mercedes Ambulance, Mercedes car, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Hi-ace and Mitsubishi Pejaro.
The cars with changed or altered chassis numbers are not included for auction, it is hoped that the department will gather millions of rupees as revenue by this auction.
