FAISALABAD: Customs Adjudication Collector Raja Tahir Majeed has issued three Orders in Original (ONOs) involving duty and taxes to the tune of Rs 14,474,919 in favour of the respondents.
According to details, Faisalabad Customs had accused M/s Kamal Hosiery Mills, M/s Sweety Textile Mills (Pvt) Limited and M/s Kamal Textile Mills of evading taxes and duty.
According to the authorities, M/s Kamal Textile Mills Limited was allegedly indulged in evasion of customs duty and taxes by way of misusing the facility of SRO 450(1) by importing certain consignment of input falling under appendix-B of the Import Policy Order.
The consignments were got cleared from the Karachi Appraisement availing the benefit of duty/taxes.
The M/s Kamal Textile, having export-oriented unit licence number 09/EOU/fsd/2013, allegedly evaded duty and taxes amounting to Rs 3,815,353.
Likewise, M/s Kamal Hosiery Mills was directed – vide collectorate letter C.No.08/Mfg./fsd – to deposit Rs 7,407,774 under the head of evaded duty and taxes on similar charges.
On the other hand, M/s Sweety Textile Mills (Pvt) Limited got cleared their consignments from Faisalabad Customs availing the benefit of duty and taxes under SRO 450(1)/2001. According to the authorities, the company – having manufacturing bonded licence No.04/BWH/MFG/2008 – allegedly evaded duty and taxes amounting to Rs 3,251,792.
However, due to delay in submission of certain documents and comments by the respondent and the petitioners, extensions in time limit in terms of Section 179(4) of the Custom Act, 1969 were sought from the Federal Board of Revenue.
