E&T facilitation centre starts working at LCCI

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry has taken another giant leap to facilitate its members by establishing Excise & Taxation Facilitation Center at its premises.

Now the LCCI members would get all Excise & Taxation facilities within the premises of Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

LCCI President Malik Tahir Javaid and Secretary Excise & Taxation Balal Ahmed jointly inaugurated the Facilitation Center while Senior Vice President Khawaja Khawar Rashid, Vice President Zeshan Khalil and Executive Committee Members were present on the occasion.

Secretary E&T Balal Ahmed said that Excise & Taxation related various facilities would be available at the facilitation centre for the businessmen. He said that it was a great facility that must be availed by the business community. He said that such initiatives were must to promote tax culture and for trust building between public and private sectors.

Malik Tahir Javaid said that Excise & Taxation Facilitation Centre was a great facility for the business community of Lahore. He said that this centre would provide facilities of collection of provincial taxes/fees, motor vehicle registration, property tax and professional tax etc.

He said that the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry has become only chamber of the country where important institutions like SMEDA, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Traffic Police, NADRA and Excise & Taxation department have established facilitation centres for the business community.

The LCCI president said that public private partnership and a well-built & meaningful liaison between public and private sectors was of vital importance.