MULTAN: Punjab Revenue Authority has sealed 10 restaurants in Multan during a crackdown against defaulters of sales taxes.
The Deputy Commissioner and Additional Commissioner have briefed the media about recent crackdown in the Multan City against tax defaulters.
Deputy Commissioner Punjab Revenue Authority Multan Region Zeeshan Nazeer Khan stated that crackdown was initiated after giving them several warning notices for the payment of taxes due against them.
Deputy Commissioner PRA, Zeeshan Nazeer Khan told that we are operating a regional camp office at Multan which was inaugurated two months ago. Regional camp office of Punjab Revenue Authority includes the jurisdiction of Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan.
He told that they have sealed 10 various restaurants in the Multan City including Eaon, BarBQ, Papa Ginos, Allah Wasaya and Mushtaq Sheedan located in the different locations.
Punjab Revenue Authority has not taken any action against them in the respect of holy month of Ramzan against the sales tax defaulters and PRA Multan have continuously issued notices to concern authorities to register and pay outstanding taxes as soon as possible. Punjab Revenue Authority initiated crackdown against them in the morning exactly 9 am and continued the same operation till late night Wednesday.
Punjab Revenue Authority has made it compulsory for all restaurants to register their sales taxes with the Department for the collection of sales taxes because they came under the Punjab Revenue Authority.
Additional Commissioner Raees Humayun said that Punjab Revenue Authority have run extensive campaign for the payment of sales tax to educate the taxpayers through media before taking any action and final notices were issued to defaulters.
