KARACHI: The Customs Adjudication-II has served a show cause notice on a defaulter company M/s Wide Cables and Switches Karachi and recovered Rs 4 million from M/s Haroon Garments and Export Karachi in another case.
Sources told Customs Today that M/s Wide Cables and Switches Karachi was allegedly involved in tax evasion. The company imported various types of hard cables on October 17, 2017 and used the wrong PCT heading. The consignment was cleared by Examiner Shakeel Naik.
After a careful investigation, the Customs Adjudication-II issued a final notice to the company to clear the outstanding amount of Rs 5.28 million and file all documents who used for the clearance time within 14 days.
Source told that another company M/s Haroon Garments and export Karachi got cleared a consignment of different chemicals on October 22 and evaded tax amount of Rs 4 million.
After the careful investigation, Customs Adjudication-II served a show cause notice on the company on November 10, but it failed to clear the outstanding tax amount.
Collector Customs Adjudication-II Tahir Qureshi issued a final notice to the company on December 12, 2017. After receiving the notice, the company deposited Rs 4 million in favor of the Customs Department.
Source said Collector Customs Adjudication-II Tahir Qureshi and their department showing excellent performance in last month and Custom Adjudication-II is investigate 5 more cases during the current month and it may be possible more show cause and final notices can be issued in last three days of December.
