{"id":62082,"date":"2020-02-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62082"},"modified":"2020-02-28T16:50:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T11:50:43","slug":"epay-punjab-collects-pkr-1-bn-revenue-since-oct-2019-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epay-punjab-collects-pkr-1-bn-revenue-since-oct-2019-launch.html","title":{"rendered":"ePay Punjab collects PKR 1 bn revenue since Oct 2019 launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab government\u2019s first payment aggregator \u2018ePay Punjab\u2019 has reported the accumulation of PKR 1 billion in tax revenue since its public debut on October 4, 2019, a news source reported. As per the publication, ePay Punjab was launched with the collaboration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pitb-help-improve-processes-introduce-transparency-govt-tasks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB)<\/a> and Finance Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/100-days-epay-punjab-collects-pkr-500mn-taxes-mobile-app.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"100 Days of ePay: Punjab collects PKR 500 mn (opens in a new tab)\">100 Days of ePay: Punjab collects PKR 500 mn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These findings were revealed during a review meeting presided by PITB Chairman Afzal Manzoor on Thursday. Information Technology (IT) Operations Director-General Faisal Yousaf and other senior officials were also present on the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-repays-usd-1-billion-foreign-debt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pakistan repays USD 1 billion in foreign debt (opens in a new tab)\">Pakistan repays USD 1 billion in foreign debt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, ePay Punjab was launched to provide the masses with an efficient system to pay their taxes through banks without having to go through the old procedure. The review meeting was briefed that various other payment methods, including Mobile Wallets, Debit\/Credit Card, and TELCO Agent Networks, would soon be added to the application to facilitate taxpayers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-to-repay-cpec-debt-in-forex.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pakistan to repay CPEC debt in forex (opens in a new tab)\">Pakistan to repay CPEC debt in forex<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities concerned\nare also planning to include Government to Business (G2B) and Government to\nPublic (G2P) payment models in order to widen the programme\u2019s scope. They also intend\nto include Tax\/Non-Tax receipt options, such as Agriculture Income Tax,\nDomicile, Character Certificate, e-Challan, Driving License Fee, Fitness\nCertificate for Commercial Vehicles, and Online Admission for Schools\/Colleges\nFee, to the interface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government\u2019s first payment aggregator \u2018ePay Punjab\u2019 has reported the accumulation of PKR 1 billion in tax revenue since its public debut on October 4, 2019, a news source reported. As per the publication, ePay Punjab was launched with the collaboration of the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and Finance Department. Read: 100 Days of ePay: Punjab collects PKR 500 mn These findings were revealed during a review meeting presided by PITB Chairman Afzal Manzoor on Thursday. Information Technology (IT) Operations Director-General Faisal Yousaf and other senior officials were also present on the occasion. Read: Pakistan repays USD 1 billion in foreign debt Reportedly, ePay Punjab was launched to provide the masses with an efficient system to pay their taxes through banks without having to go through the old procedure. The review meeting was briefed that various other payment methods, including Mobile Wallets, Debit\/Credit Card, and TELCO Agent Networks, would soon be added to the application to facilitate taxpayers. Read: Pakistan to repay CPEC debt in forex The authorities concerned are also planning to include Government to Business (G2B) and Government to Public (G2P) payment models in order to widen the programme\u2019s scope. They also intend to include&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":59975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015,15016],"tags":[21353,21354,21359,21358,21357],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"category-new-developments","9":"tag-epay-punjab","10":"tag-epay-punjab-collects-pkr-1-bn-revenue","11":"tag-government-to-business-g2b","12":"tag-government-to-public-g2p","13":"tag-punjab-information-technology-board-pitb","14":"cat-15015-id","15":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ePay Punjab collects PKR 1 bn revenue since Oct 2019 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government\u2019s first payment aggregator \u2018ePay Punjab\u2019 has reported the accumulation of PKR 1 billion in tax revenue since its\" \/>\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\/epay-punjab-collects-pkr-1-bn-revenue-since-oct-2019-launch.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ePay Punjab collects PKR 1 bn revenue since Oct 2019 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government\u2019s first payment aggregator \u2018ePay Punjab\u2019 has reported the accumulation of PKR 1 billion in tax revenue since its\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epay-punjab-collects-pkr-1-bn-revenue-since-oct-2019-launch.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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