The finance department today said the tax collection in Jammu is on the higher side for the obvious fact that the bulk of the taxes being levied on goods transported to every part of the State including Kashmir and Ladakh under the erstwhile VAT regime is collected in the winter capital.
Enumerating, a spokesman of the finance department said the Lakhanpur collection point for entry tax and toll is in Jammu so all such taxes are being collected in Jammu. “Similarly, all the Motor Spirit Taxation (MST) offices are located in Jammu so the entire tax on spirits is collected in Jammu only. Similarly, the depots of all FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) and other companies, excepting two, are located in Jammu, and therefore they are depositing the first point tax under VAT in Jammu,” he said and added that only the tax on value addition is collected in Kashmir.
The spokesman said that Jammu being the entry point to the State, and a takeoff hub for all the goods and other products being carried to every part of the State is evidently the main collection centre for all the taxes that is why the tax collection is higher in the winter capital.