RCB Gears Up Campaign Against Defaulters; Collects Over Rs 866 Mln In Seven Months

Sumaira FH Published January 27, 2021 | 12:36 PM

Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has accelerated up its ongoing campaign against defaulters of property tax, water charges, Transfer of Immovable Property (TIP) tax and Trade tax and collected over Rs 866 million during last seven months of the current financial year

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Jan, 2021 ) :Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has accelerated up its ongoing campaign against defaulters of property tax, water charges, Transfer of Immovable Property (TIP) tax and Trade tax and collected over Rs 866 million during last seven months of the current financial year.

According to RCB spokesman, the board collected over Rs 657 million House Tax, Water and Conservancy charges, over Rs 197 million TIP tax and over Rs 12.7 million Trade License Fee and Professional Tax from the defaulters during the period.

The RCB teams on the directives of Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) Muhammad Umar Farooq Ali Malik were conducting raids in different areas to take action against the defaulters.

He urged the residents to pay all taxes else strict action in accordance with the law would be taken against the defaulters and heavy fines would also be imposed.

To a question he informed that the Board had accelerated its operation against illegal construction and issued a large number of notices to the violators.

The RCB Land Branch/Building Control Cell was conducting raids and the owners of the buildings and structures erected illegally were being issued notices.

The spokesman said, the staff conducted raids in different areas fall in its jurisdiction including Dhok Gujaran, Bhatta Chowk, Misrial Road, Quaid-e-Azam Colony, Tench Bhatta, Peoples Colony, Dhoke Chaudharian, Afshan Colony, Dhoke Syedan, Peshawar Road and several other areas and the building rules violators, property tax and water charges defaulters were served notices.

The Trade License and Professional Tax Branch issued 3050 notices to the rules violators during the period, he informed.