KARACHI: The Customs Adjudication-II showed outstanding performance by taking actions against tax defaulters and issuing many notices during 26 days of the current month.
Source told Customs Today that Customs Adjudication-II served a final notice on a defaulter company named M/s Wajid Ceramics Importers on Saturday and recovered Rs6.58million from M/s Junaid Plastic Karachi.
M/s Wajid Ceramics was allegedly involved in tax evasion. The company imported various types of ceramic accessories and other items on November 12, 2017 and got cleared through Examiner Waheed Khan, and used the wrong PCT heading.
After a careful and long investigation, the Customs Adjudication-II issued a final notice to the company on February 24, 2018 and cleared the outstanding amount of Rs4.48 million.
Source said another company M/s Junaid Plastic got cleared a consignment of imported hard plastic Dana on November 11 and evaded a tax amount of Rs6.58million.
After the investigation, the Customs Adjudication-II served a show cause notice on the company on December 15, 2017 but it failed to clear the arrears.
The Collector Customs Adjudication-II issued a final notice to the company on January 22, 2018. After receiving the notice, the company deposited Rs6.58million in favor of the Customs Department on February 24.
