KARACHI: The Customs Adjudication-II has served a show cause notice on a defaulter company M/s Zahoor Elahi and Sons Karachi and recovered Rs 5.68 million from M/s Khan Jee Wires (Private) Limited Karachi in another case.
Sources told Customs Today that M/s Zahoor Elahi and Sons were allegedly involved in tax evasion. The company imported various types of refrigerator parts on November 2, 2017 and used the wrong PCT heading. The consignment was cleared by Examiner Munawar Shaikh.
After a careful investigation, the Customs Adjudication-II issued a final notice to the company to clear the outstanding amount of Rs 4.58 million and file all documents who used for the clearance time within 14 days.
Source told that another company M/s Khan Jee Wires (Private) Limited Karachi got cleared a consignment of hard plastic (use manufacturing hard wire) on 1st November and evaded tax amount of Rs 5.68 million.
After the careful investigation, Customs Adjudication-II served a show cause notice on the company on November 28, but it failed to clear the outstanding tax amount.
Collector Customs Adjudication-II Tahir Qureshi issued a final notice to the company on December 20, 2017. After receiving the notice, the company deposited Rs 5.68 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 12 more cases during the current month and it may be possible more show cause and final notices can be issued.
