KARACHI: The Customs Exports has served three show cause notices and two final notices on tax defaulters and tax evaders for recovery of dues.
Sources told Customs Today that Custom Exports issued notices to five companies including M/s Shamim Garments, M/s Sodaba Enterprises, Atif and Sons, Sulemania Granite and the other unknown one.
M/s Shamim Garments used wrong Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) headings to get a consignment of ladies fabrics (lawn and Banarsi silk) cleared on September 30 and caused the national kitty a loss of Rs3.21million.
During the scrutiny of the import data, the Customs Exports detected the misuse of the PCT heading for which it was issued with a show-cause notice No: 228/2017 for paying the evaded amounts of tax and duty.
Meanwhile, the Customs Exports unearthed another tax evasion committed by M/s Sodaba Enterprises who got cleared a consignment of silk curtain, window curtain, different kinds of carpets and other items.
The customs authorities, after a careful investigation, served a show cause notice on the company and asked it to deposit the evaded tax amount within fortnight. Another company M/s Atif and Sons cleared a consignment crockery items (Kitchen accessories and different things).
The custom authorities issued a final notice and mentioned to submit all the documents for consignment soon and submit a balance amount.
The Customs Exports unearthed another tax evasion committed by M/s Sulemania Granite who got cleared a consignment of black granite and used wrong Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) heading to get a consignment, Customs Exports detected the misuse of PCT heading for which it was issued with a show-cause notice No: 229/2017 for paying the evaded amounts of tax and duty.
It is necessary to mention here that the Customs Exports has served five show cause and two final notices on tax defaulters and tax evaders for recovery of dues during the last 19 days of October.
