Talking to APP, Excise and Taxation Officer, Admin, Numan Khan informed that the machines have been installed to facilitate the citizens in motor vehicle verification, professional tax assessment, self assessment and issuance of challans.

He informed that Punjab government is taking solid steps for the facilitation of the citizens.

The purpose of installing machines is to provide taxpayers an easy way to retrieve challan forms and assess different taxes.

The machines are being installed to minimize the interaction of the taxpayers with the E&T officials. He said, the department is also computerizing property tax records of 15 more districts of the province. Currently six districts have a computerized record, he added.

Director Excise Rawalpindi Tanveer Abbas Gondal said that the Department had planned to install computerized machines at regional offices across Punjab to facilitate the citizens.

Some areas where the property tax record had been computerized, property challans are being issued with an exclusive pin code.

The taxpayers can get a print of the challan with self assessment via kiosk machine by typing the pin code. The challan would be submitted to the excise offices, he added.

The kiosks machines are being installed in 22 regional offices of the province including Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Gujranwala, Wazirabad, Gakhar, Alipur Chattah, Kamoke, Shujabad and others offices.