Islamabad, September 02, 2021 (PPI-OT):Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib says successful strategy of Prime Minister Imran Khan and his economic team is bearing fruit. In a tweet, he said it is a good omen that the tax collection has crossed the target from start of the financial year 2021-22 as 434 billion rupee, 85 billion more than the target, revenue was collected in August 2021.
The Minister of State said, in the first two months of fiscal year 2021-22, tax collections has increased by 41 per cent as 850 billion revenue has been collected in July-August 2021. Farrukh Habib said PTI government also made refunds of Rs 364 billion in the last financial year. He said the government also took steps to prevent smuggling which resulted in increase in the tax net.
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