Haryana Government aims to recover an amount of about Rs. 2113 crore

Chandigarh, Haryana Chief Minister announced a one-time scheme for settlement of arrears of Passenger and Goods Tax August 25- The Aimed at recovering the outstanding arrears of Passenger and Goods Tax amounting to Rs. 2113 crore due till March 31, 2017.While addressing a press conference held here today, the Chief Minister said that the old ‘Punjab Passenger and Goods Tax Act, 1952’ has been abolished in this area. But tax, interest and penalty amounting to Rs. 2113 crore is due before the abolition of the said Act.

Under the scheme formulated by the Transport Department, if the payment is made within a period of 90 days from the date of notification, then the beneficiary will have to pay the principal tax amount along with a lump sum settlement amount equal to 25 percent of the principal tax.

Sharing the details about the vehicle tax, interest and penalty amount as per the initial assessment, the Chief Minister said that there are about 2,62,715 total vehicles whose total payable tax upto March 31, 2017 amounts to Rs. 778 crore, while the interest payable up to March 31, 2017, is Rs 761 crore. April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2021, the total calculated interest is Rs. 574 crores.

Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. D S Dhesi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr Amit Agrawal and Administrative Secretaries of concerend department also remained present on this ocassion.