PESHAWAR: The Model Customs Collectorate Peshawar collected Rs1828.5million revenue against the target of Rs1803.8million allocated by the Federal Board of Revenue for the first quarter of Financial Year 2017-18. So collectorate stands surplus with Rs25million collection.
The Customs sources on Friday told Customs Today that the Collectorate generated net duties equal to Rs5077.05million against the target of Rs4416.37million in the first quarter from July to September of current FY 207-18.
The Customs House Peshawar in previous financial year was able to show the collection of all taxes equal to Rs1592million in the first quarter from July to September while it did net duty of Rs4062.80million during previous Year.
The sources added that the performance of Peshawar Customs has improved more this year during the current FY despite hard economic environment.
The customs sources further said the good performance of the Peshawar Collectorate is due to uniform policies applied by Collector Customs Gul Rahman at the MCC Peshawar due to which Peshawar Customs surpassed the targeted revenue collection during the current FY.
Collector Customs Gul Rahman when asked about the achievement of target by the MCC Peshawar, the Collector termed the achievement an excellent teamwork of the Peshawar Collectorate during the current FY.
Collector Gul Rahman told the Customs staff to eliminate corruption by plugging the leakage in the revenue collection in order to receive more revenue in every quarter against the assigned target of the collection.