PESHAWAR: To improve tax compliance and discourage tax evasion, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) has launched a crack-down against non-compliant taxpayers in Peshawar.
A team of KPRA Peshawar headed by Deputy Collector Saud Khan, Assistant Collector Khalid Mansoor, Inspector Roohullah Khan, Inspector Muhammad Faheem Orakzai and Audit Officer Abid Saeed conducted raids on three wedding halls located on University Road and confiscated their record.
On the directives of Director General KPRA Fayyaz Ali Shah, crack-down was launched against non-compliant taxpayers in Peshawar and on Wednesday, the team conducted raids on Marcopolo Wedding Hall, Taroon Wedding Hall, and Aizaz Gathering Wedding Hall and confiscated their record.
“The wedding halls were served with notices multiple time and they were asked to submit their records but they did not respond to the notices after which the raids were conducted and record was confiscated,” said a statement issued on Wednesday.
The statement quoted the Deputy Collector Saud Khan in the statement, saying that the drive has been started on the directives of DG to improve tax compliance and they will make sure that every service provider in Peshawar pays his/her due sales tax on services on time. “Ever service provider in the city should register his/her business with the KPRA and start submitting due tax on time to avoid any legal action,” he said.