New system launched in KP for property tax collection

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday launched GIS-based Centralized Urban Immovable Property Tax Management and Information System (CUIPTMIS), thereby transforming the property tax regime into an automated mechanism.

A handout said a ceremony, was held here at Chief Minister’s House Peshawar with caretaker Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah as chief guest.The newly launched system has been completed at a total cost of Rs 95.898 million.

Initially, the project has been launched for two districts of the province; Nowshera and Abbottabad, and would soon be replicated in rest of the districts of the province.Under the project, 50938 new property units have been identified in district Abbottabad and Nowshera, and thus, total number of property units in the two districts has increased to 90,938.

Addressing the ceremony, the chief minister lauded the Excise and Taxation Department for launching this important project, and said that the newly developed system will not only improve tax collection and management mechanism but also facilitate the tax payers.