KARACHI: Customs Adjudication-II showed outstanding performance by taking actions against tax defaulters and issued many notices during the month of January.
Source told Customs Today that Customs Adjudication-II served a final notice on a defaulter company named M/s Zia-ur-Rehman Traders and recovered Rs6million from M/s Nabeel Associates Karachi.
M/s Zia-ur-Rehman Traders was allegedly involved in tax evasion. The company imported different types of plastic accessories including shining plastic Dana on November 29, 2017 and used the wrong PCT heading. After a careful investigation, the Customs Adjudication-II issued a final notice to the company and cleared the outstanding amount of Rs8.25million.
Source said another company M/s Nabeel Associates got cleared a consignment of Silk Curtains on November 14 and evaded a tax amount of Rs6million.
After the investigation, the Customs Adjudication-II served a show cause notice on the company on December 29 but it failed to clear the outstanding tax amount. The Collector Customs Adjudication-II issued a final notice to the company on January 10, 2018. But company took time to submit the evaded amount. After receiving the notice, the company deposited Rs6million in favor of the Customs Department.
