Punjab’s ePay system collects over Rs90 billion tax revenue through 17 million transactions

Since its launch in October 2019, e-Pay Punjab, an online payment solution developed by the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and the Punjab Finance Department, has collected over Rs90 billion in tax revenue through 17 million transactions.

As per details released by the PITB on Friday, e-Pay Punjab has collected a total of Rs57 billion in sales tax, Rs11.5 billion in token tax, Rs9 billion in property tax, Rs4 billion in traffic challans, and Rs440 million in vehicle transfers.

It’s worth noting that e-Pay Punjab now accepts online payments for 23 taxes and levies from ten different departments. Its 1-Link network integration with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and all scheduled banks makes it a secure and dependable payment channel.

The e-Pay Punjab application, which has over 1 million downloads, generates a unique PSID number that is accepted by banks across Pakistan through their various channels, including Internet and Mobile Banking, ATMs, and physical branch visits.

It is also a secure, smart, and fast online payment option for the annual Token Tax. Vehicle owners can use e-Pay Punjab to pay their Token Tax from the comfort of their own homes.

The app’s primary objective is to make it convenient for the government to gather revenue in the form of taxes through a simple solution. With Pakistan’s first digital tax aggregator, the app demonstrates how Pakistan and its government are rapidly integrating financial technology (fintech) into their processes.