KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Appraisement-West Muhammad Saleem has made it clear that collectorate will not leave any stone unturned to recover outstanding dues from tax defaulters.
Collector Muhammad Saleem categorically stated that the collectorate will take stern action against the defaulters to recover every signal penny of the government revenue by using all legal options.
Saleem disclosed that the collectorate has found recovery cases of billions of rupees by examining the revenue recovery data of the last 25 years.
Collector Muhammad Saleem further said that the collectorate had recovered outstanding arrears amounting of Rs 700 million in last fiscal year 2013-14 and Rs 80 million during the current fiscal year, adding that more recovery is expected in the coming months.
He further revealed that the authorities concerned have also recovered millions of rupees outstanding payment from sugar mills’ owners by issuing them demand notices of short realisation of revenue.
Saleem further said that collectorate has all legal options to use including to attach property of the defaulters, to freeze their bank accounts and other ways in order to ensure complete recovery of the government revenue.
“We should have to launch criminal proceedings against the defaulters if needed and will recover government dues at any cost,” he asserted.
He further said that customs authorities have also contacted with the National Database Regulatory Authority (NADRA) in order to trace out the residential and business addresses of the defaulters by following the directives of the FBR high authorities.
To a query, Collector Muhammad Saleem said that the collectorate has clear policy to recover every single penny of the government revenue at any cost.
Customs Today had already published a news report that MCC-Appraisement-West has started scrutinising import clearance data of the last 25years in order to verify evasion of duty/taxes.
It may be mentioned here that no such move or activity is being observed in MCC-Appraisement-East and MCC-Port Muhammad Bin Qasim.
