MULTAN: Collectorate of Customs Enforcement has collected Rs83.553 million under the heads of customs duty, sales tax and income tax during the month of May 2022-23.
Sources told Customs Today that Multan Customs Enforcement was assigned Rs67.65 million of customs duty collection task for the month of May 2022-23. Multan Customs made customs duty collection of Rs74.976 million in wake of customs duty against the assigned collection revenue task during the month of May 2022-23.
Multan Customs Collectorate accomplished the assigned customs duty task during the period of May due to successful strategy of Collector Dr. Rehmatullah Vistro.
According to statistics available with Customs Today, substantial increase in revenue generation was observed. The Collectorate collected Rs52.4 million in wake of customs duty during the corresponding year. Multan Customs Collectorate has collected Rs0.559 million under the head of sales tax during the month of May in on-going fiscal year 2022-23. While Multan Customs collected Rs0.423 million during corresponding fiscal year 2021-22.
Multan Customs has collected Rs8.018 million under the head of income tax during May. Tax Collection data witnesses increase in revenue collection under the supervision of Collector Dr.Rehmatullah Vistro due to his effective strategy. Customs Duty collection was enhanced in the Collectorate due to administrative measures like auction, Anti-smuggling, as well as crediting of seized/confiscated currency into National Bank of Pakistan.
Sources told Customs Today that Multan Customs Enforcement department collected revenue more than proposed target because we as Multan Customs ensured transparency, automation of processes and maximize ease of doing business.