LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Department has started crackdown against token tax defaulter and unregistered vehicles in the district as it impounded 85 vehicles.
According to Excise and Taxation Officer Malik Muhammad Aslam, special teams have been formed for the recovery of token tax from defaulters. These teams under the supervision of ETO Malik Aslam checked documents of hundreds of vehicles in city Kasur, Khudian Khas, Chunian and Kangan Pur.
Excise district police has also seized a dumper truck on fake number plate.
Malik Aslam told Customs Today that Kasur region has impounded 325 unregistered and 587 token tax defaulter vehicles during October 2015. It also seized documents of 785 token tax defaulter vehicles and recovered Rs 3.4 million in one month.
Director General Excise and Taxation Punjab Akram Ashraf Gondal has directed field staff to keep an eye on defaulters and guide them about new token tax system and stickers for their vehicles.
