DG Excise Punjab orders daily sealing of 10,000 defaulter properties

Director General (DG) Excise Punjab has ordered to seal more than 10,000 defaulter property units on daily basis, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.

According to Excise authorities out of 2.2 million taxable units, more than 800,000 commercial and non-commercial defaulters have not paid tax.

The properties of commercial property owners were seized and non-commercial defaulters were arrested and ordered to collect taxes.

The government has set a target of Rs20 billion in property tax this year, Excise authorities said.

Excise department has been able to get around Rs17 billion during 11 months while more than Rs3 billion is yet to be received.

Apart from 1.5 million in Lahore, more than 3 million commercial properties are defaulters across the province.

Earlier, DG Excise has ordered to remove the officers who do not achieve the target and to take strict departmental action.

Reporter: Ali Sahi