KARACHI: The Custom Adjudication-II has been very active in the month of October. Source said the custom adjudication sent more than 16 show cause notices and around 10 final notices to tax defaulter companies for recovery of dues.
The Customs Adjudication-II has served a final notice on a defaulter named M/s Shakeel Fertilizers Karachi and recovered Rs3.88million from M/s Humaira Garments and Export.
M/s Shakeel Fertilizers Karachi was found involved in the tax evasion. The company imported different kinds of fertilizers, chemicals and Dana on August 27, 2017 and used the wrong PCT.
After a careful investigation, the Customs Adjudication-II issued a final notice to the company and cleared the outstanding amount of Rs3.50million.
Sources told reporter that another company M/s Humaira Garments and Export got cleared a consignment of different kinds of silk suits on June 13 and evaded tax amount of Rs3.88million. After an investigation, Customs Adjudication served a show cause notice on the company on August 27, but the company failed to clear the outstanding tax amount.
Collector Customs Adjudication-II Muhammad Javed issued a final notice to the company on September 9. After receiving the notice, the company deposited Rs3.88million in favor of the Customs Department.