KARACHI: The Customs Exports has served two show cause notices and one final notice on tax defaulters and tax evaders for recovery of dues.
Sources told reporter that Custom Exports issued notices to three companies including M/s Nasir and Sons, M/s Farhana Embroidery and M/s Asad Garments.
M/s Nasir and Sons used the wrong Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) headings to get a consignment of new and used leather shoes and different kinds of slippers cleared on August 16 and caused the national kitty a loss of Rs3.58million.
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: 238/2017 for paying the evaded amount of tax and duty.
Meanwhile, the Customs Exports unearthed another tax evasion committed by M/s Farhana Embroidery who got cleared a consignment of embroidery wool and different kinds of silk wool packets.
The customs authorities, after a careful investigation, served a show cause notice on the company and asked it to deposit the evaded tax amount into the treasury within fortnight.
Another company M/s Asad Garments got cleared a consignment of different kinds of printed color chemicals and bleach (Chemicals). The customs authorities issued a final notice and asked to submit all the documents for consignment soon and submit the balance amount.
