KARACHI: Customs Adjudication-II Tahir Qureshi showed brilliant performance by taking actions against tax defaulters and issuing notices during the month of February.
On Tuesday source told Customs Today that the Customs Adjudication-II served a final notice on a defaulter company named M/s Zarnageen Boutique and recovered Rs08million.
M/s Zarnageen Boutique was involved in tax evasion. The company imported different types of fabrics including imported silk and Banarsi thread and more on November 11, 2017 and used the wrong PCT heading. The consignment was cleared through Examiner Muneer Shaikh. After a careful investigation, the Customs Adjudication-II issued a final notice to the company on Tuesday and cleared the outstanding amount of Rs4.12million.
Source said that another company M/s Taj Paints got cleared a consignment of chemicals (Used in manufacturing wall paint) on December 8 and evaded tax amount of Rs08million.
After the investigation, the Customs Adjudication-II served a show cause notice on the company on January 29, but it failed to clear the outstanding tax amount.
The Collector Customs Adjudication-II issued a final notice to the company on February 12, 2018. After receiving the notice, the company deposited Rs08million in favor of the Customs Department on February 27.
