ISLAMABAD:The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has so far collected over Rs one billion tax through mobile and internet banking.
The authority had launched an online payment system, few months ago for Islamabad residents to deposit water charges, property taxes along with other charges via online means, said its spokesman on Friday.
Talking to reporter, he said through the initiative, the civic agency wanted to reduce human interaction and help citizens.
He said all the affairs of Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) revenue department were also made online, following chairman CDA vision of large scale automation plan.
The initiative, he said had not only improved the tax revenue but also made it convenient for the taxpayers to avail the benefits of OneLink from home.
The spokesman added that the civic agency along with citizens will have a complete record of deposited fee ensuring transparency on both ends.
Giving details about the online procedure of submission dues, he said customers could pay the charges from home through mobile applications or websites of one link banks.
For property tax deposit, citizens might use the prefix 122001 followed by CDA property tax consumer number while for water and allied charges they could use 122002 before CDA consumer number after selecting the 1BILL voucher/invoice payment option.