Mass scale reforms underway in tax regime of KP province: CM

Author: Agencies

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Thursday said that like other sectors, mass scale reforms were also underway in the tax regime of the province, which had resulted in significant increase in the annual revenue collection.

He expressed these views while addressing an inaugural ceremony of upgradation Pensioners Facilitation Center and Information & Complaint Redressal Cell at office of the Accountant General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Special Assistant to CM Kamran Bangash, Controller General Accounts Farrukh Ahmad Hamidi, Accountant General Murtaza Khan, Secretary Information Arshid Khan and other high ups attended the ceremony. The chief minister stated that when the incumbent provincial government came into power, the annual revenue collection of the provincial government was Rs 31 billion which now had been increased to Rs 56 billion adding that despite the difficult financial situation due to COVID-19, the provincial government made no increase in the provincial taxes rather it provided significant relief to people in the various provincial taxes.

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