LAHORE: The Punjab government has added two taxes/levies to e-Pay Punjab, an online platform for the collection of government receipts, making it possible to pay ‘highway procurement’ and ‘building tender procurement’ levies online.

As per the details shared by the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), after the latest addition, the citizens could pay 30 taxes and levies of 12 departments online through e-Pay Punjab, a smartphone app developed by the PITB in collaboration with Punjab Finance Department and 1Link.

The trend of online payments has increased significantly as more than 3.2 million citizens have downloaded the app so far. Moreover, the Punjab government has collected record tax revenue of over Rs225 billion through e-Pay Punjab while the number of online transactions has crossed the mark of 35 million.

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