ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue’s Directorate Reforms and Automation Additional Director Haris Ansari has said that Pakistan Customs is all set to launch e-payment module by March 15.
He disclosed this while speaking at the first meeting of FPCCI Standing Committee on Customs.
In his presentation on e-payment module guidelines, he said that this round-the-clock facility was being provided to importers/exporters to pay customs duties, taxes and other dues online from their bank accounts through internet banking and automated teller machines (ATM) for clearance of consignments through WeBOC system.
This facility will be available in the drop down menu for payment mode and the traders or clearing agents may select e-payment mode then WeBOC system will submit the GD successfully and display the link “Pay duty and taxes via 1Link”, he added.
Haris said that WeBOC system would generate a unique 20 digit Payment Slip ID (PSID) and display the duty and taxes breakup along with PSID, adding that the trader shall login to the online banking system or visit ATM facility and the bill payment screen of the bank shall reflect “FBR” as biller.
Moreover, he said that after entering PSID, the payment details would be visible to the trader for approval of the payment of duty & taxes and then the bank account of traders shall be debited and a message of successful transaction shall be visible on the screen and WeBOC system would accordingly process the Goods Declaration filed by the trader.
He said that this facility would also allow subsequent payment of dues in relation to the processing of Goods Declaration as a result of any reassessment made by customs and WeBOC would also issue e-CPR to the trade on the basis of PSID.
Later, Muhammad Sajid, Chairman FPCCI Standing Committee on Customs lauded the efforts of the Directorate in order to provide maximum relief to the trade through e-payment module, which he believed would empower the traders to pay duty and taxes online 24×7 in no time.
