14/03/2019
In a ceremony held at the Punjab Revenue Authority Headquarters on Sunday, the Punjab Government signed an MOU with the State Bank of Pakistan and 1-Link which will allow taxpayers to pay their provincial taxes through alternate delivery channels (ADC) including online banking, ATM and phone banking. The measure has been adopted to promote ease of doing business in the Province and will resolve the longstanding demand of the business community to make the process of tax payments easier.
The signing ceremony was attended by Mr. Tariq Bajwa, Governor State bank, Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht, Finance Minister Punjab, Mr. Yousef Naseem Khokhar, Chief Secretary Punjab, Mr. Hamid Yaqub Sheikh, Finance Secretary, Mr. Javed Ahmad, Chairman PRA and Mr. Najeeb Agrawala represented 1 link.
PRA has taken the lead in this regard and facility for payment of Sales Tax on Services through ADC will be available by the end of December ,2018. Excise Deptt and BOR will soon follow suit.
