{"id":59941,"date":"2020-01-17T10:15:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T10:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=59941"},"modified":"2020-01-17T10:15:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T10:15:18","slug":"100-days-epay-punjab-collects-pkr-500mn-taxes-mobile-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/100-days-epay-punjab-collects-pkr-500mn-taxes-mobile-app.html","title":{"rendered":"100 Days of ePay: Punjab collects PKR 500 mn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The provincial government on Wednesday announced the collection of PKR 500mn in government duties and taxes during the first 100 days of the launch of its automated electronic payments app &#8216;ePay Punjab&#8217;, a news source reported. As per the publication, the executive also plans to integrate several additional payment channels, including Debit\/Credit Card Mobile Wallets and TELCO Agent Networks, to the platform&#8217;s current line-up of available payment methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cw-dept-initiate-e-tendering-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"C&amp;W dept to initiate e-tendering in Punjab (opens in a new tab)\">C&amp;W dept to initiate e-tendering in Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government inaugurated the ePay platform on October 4, 2019 in collaboration with the Finance Department and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-launches-smart-monitoring-system-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Punjab Information Technology Board (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab Information Technology Board<\/a> (PITB). The purpose behind this move was to provide the public with an efficient and convenient method for paying duties and taxes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/loan-scheme-approved-smes-development-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Loan scheme approved for SMEs development in Punjab (opens in a new tab)\">Loan scheme approved for SMEs development in Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The application uses ICT tools and is the first-ever Punjab government payment aggregator for business to government (B2G) and public to government (B2P) payments. In the future, it is also expected to include Government to Public (G2P) and Government to Business (G2B) payment methods to widen the scope of the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cm-punjab-appreciates-economy-boosting-punjab-business-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CM Punjab appreciates economy-boosting Punjab business plan (opens in a new tab)\">CM Punjab appreciates economy-boosting Punjab business plan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ePay Punjab is connected on the backend with 1-link and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for interconnectivity across the country\u2019s entire banking network. The application permits the citizens of Punjab to create a 17 digit unique PSID number that is accepted by all banks in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-identifies-23-sites-for-tourism-development-in-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WB identifies 23 sites for tourism development in Punjab (opens in a new tab)\">WB identifies 23 sites for tourism development in Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The various channels which the\npublic can use for tax payments are \u2018Internet\/Mobile Banking, ATM, and Over the\nCounter (OTC) \/ Branch visits.&nbsp; The portal\nhas proved to be a turning point for the local FinTech industry, as it has led\nto increased tax and revenue collection and improved financial inclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The provincial government on Wednesday announced the collection of PKR 500mn in government duties and taxes during the first 100 days of the launch of its automated electronic payments app &#8216;ePay Punjab&#8217;, a news source reported. As per the publication, the executive also plans to integrate several additional payment channels, including Debit\/Credit Card Mobile Wallets and TELCO Agent Networks, to the platform&#8217;s current line-up of available payment methods. Read: C&amp;W dept to initiate e-tendering in Punjab The government inaugurated the ePay platform on October 4, 2019 in collaboration with the Finance Department and Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB). The purpose behind this move was to provide the public with an efficient and convenient method for paying duties and taxes. Read: Loan scheme approved for SMEs development in Punjab The application uses ICT tools and is the first-ever Punjab government payment aggregator for business to government (B2G) and public to government (B2P) payments. In the future, it is also expected to include Government to Public (G2P) and Government to Business (G2B) payment methods to widen the scope of the platform. Read: CM Punjab appreciates economy-boosting Punjab business plan The ePay Punjab is connected on the backend with 1-link and the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":59975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015,15017],"tags":[15046,15048,15047],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-epay","10":"tag-pkr500mn","11":"tag-punja","12":"cat-15015-id","13":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab collects PKR 500 mn in taxes through ePay app<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The provincial government on Wednesday announced the collection of PKR 500mn in government duties and taxes during the first 100 days of the ePay app.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/100-days-epay-punjab-collects-pkr-500mn-taxes-mobile-app.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab collects PKR 500 mn in taxes through ePay app\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The provincial government on Wednesday announced the collection of PKR 500mn in government duties and taxes during the first 100 days of the ePay app.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/100-days-epay-punjab-collects-pkr-500mn-taxes-mobile-app.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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