KARACHI: Sindh Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department said Sunday that it had collected Rs21146.062 million tax during July and August 2022.

Rs20364.979 million tax was collected during the same period in last financial year, said Sindh Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Minister Mukesh Kumar Chawal in a statement. He further said that Rs1562.133 million was collected in motor vehicle tax and Rs18553.457 million in infrastructure chess.

Chawla said that Rs60.873 million were collected in professional tax and Rs1.864 million in the form of cotton fee. He said that despite heavy rains, the overall situation of tax collection had been satisfactory. He said that depositing taxes was a national duty and every law abiding citizen should pay such due taxes on time. He also asked tax defaulters to take advantage of online tax filing facility to pay their taxes. Excise Department website is www.excise.gos.pk.