| The Excise & Taxation Department/Motor Registering Authority, ICT, Islamabad, regulates registration of vehicles, levy and collection of various taxes, duties and fees etc. imposed by the Government from time to time including Entertainment Duty, Education Cess, Road Tax and With-holding/Income Tax etc. The Excise & Taxation Department also performs duties and functions of the ?Special Motor Registering Authority? for the vehicles owned by the Foreign Missions/Embassies and United Nation etc. These functions are performed through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This Department also regulates sale of Pakistan made liquor to the non-Muslims, mentholated/rectified spirit and path dine etc. |
| The main activities and functions of the Department can be enlisted as under:- |
| Registration of new vehicles. |
- Transfer of ownership of vehicles and other allied matters.
- Re-registration of vehicles on case to case basis decided by the Deputy Commissioner/Director General Excise & Taxation, Islamabad.
- Recovery and collection of Road Tax and other taxes e.g. With-holding/Income Tax applicable on the vehicles.
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| Education Cess |
| This Tax is charged from those Institutions/Commercial Organizations which have more than 9 (nine) employees, drawing salary not less than Rs.2000/- per month. |
| Education Cess is recovered @ Rs.100/-per employee on annual basis and amount recovered is utilized for granting scholarships to the children of workers/laborers. |
| The said amount is disbursed by the Labor Welfare Department under the supervision of a Committee headed by the Assistant Commissioner (Saddar), Islamabad. |
| Entertainment Duty / Cinema Tax. |
| This duty / tax is recovered from the Cinema Houses and functions/gatherings wherein entry is allowed on ticket basis. |
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