Rawalpindi
The Excise and Taxation (E&T) department Rawalpindi has extended the deadline for submitting the vehicle token tax without penalty for the defaulters till June 30.
According to an E&T spokesman, the last date for payment of token tax without penalty has been extended to facilitate the vehicle owners.
Five percent special concession would be given to the vehicle owners, who would pay the token tax through e-Pay, he added.
He warned that strict action in accordance with the law would be taken against token tax defaulters after June 30.
He further informed that in order to ensure transparency during the transfer of ownership, the Excise and Taxation Department, Punjab will make the process of biometric verification mandatory for the transfer of vehicle from July 1.
According to the new system, it will be mandatory for the buyers and sellers to appear at the office of excise and taxation to get their vehicle transferred which would be implemented from July 1.
He also advised the vehicle owners to avail the opportunity and get the vehicles transferred to the buyer’s name without biometric verification before the deadline.
To a question he said, the biometric verification system would help eliminate the tout mafia involved in preparing fake aregistration documents as the buyer .
