KARACHI: The Customs Exports authorities started their crackdown against companies which are avoiding to pay duty and taxes.
Sources told Customs Today that Customs Exports using all available resources to recover pending amounts from these companies. Recently, the Customs Exports issued final notice to the management of M/s Al Maroof Enterprises directing them to clear their outstanding dues at the earliest.
Sources said that during scrutiny of import data it was revealed that M/s Al Maroof Enterprises imported two consignments of marble gift items and availed undue benefits and concessions by using SRO 533 and wrong PCT heading.
The company also evaded tax amount of Rs6,36,000 through import of these consignments. After detecting tax evasion, Customs Exports issued final notice to the management of M/s Al Maroof Enterprises asking them to clear the above mentioned amount within seven days otherwise stern legal action will be taken against the company which will be resulted in attachment of bank accounts and seizure of property.
Quetta Customs Intelligence:
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation has seized electric water dispensers and aluminum sheets worth Rs 2.2 million during two different raids and arrested four suspects.
Customs Intelligence Director Irfan ur Rehman received information that a cache of dispensers was being smuggled out of city on which he formed a team to curb the smuggling attempt.
The team established check post on exit point of the city for checking of vehicles and intercepted a truck. The officials recovered 80 foreign origin dispensers concealed under the bags of rice and wheat. The recovered items worth Rs 700,000 were confiscated under the customs laws and arrested two suspects.
During another raid, the Quetta Customs Intelligence following credilbe information regarding the smuggling of aluminium sheets conducted a raid. The team intercepted a truck and recovered 5 tonnes of sheets worth Rs 1.5 million, which were confiscated under the customs laws.
