KARACHI: The Directorate General of Post Clearance Audit (PCA) has recovered around Rs 20 million in the pretext of violation of SRO 1125(I)/2011 during the last two years.
Sources informed Customs Today that the Post Clearance Audit (PCA) has recovered around Rs 20 million by importers who were found involved in violation of SRO1125(I)/2011, adding that further scrutiny was underway for detecting more recoveries in this regard.
“The Post Clearance Audit (PCA) has issued demand notices of short recovery against importers who were found taking undue advantage of SRO 1125(I)/2011 in the last two years and the process is being continued to recover more government revenue,” sources added.
The sources further said that the PCA found most of the violation of SRO 1125(I)/2011 in importation of fabric consignments, wherein the importers are involved in misusing or taking undue advantage of the SRO 1125(I)/2011; adding that the PCA Directorate has also sent several contravention reports to the Adjudicating Collectorate for further legal proceedings.
The sources further said that PCA Director Gul Rehman has issued special directives to the authorities concerned to utilise all their available resources in order to detect revenue leakages in terms of violation of different SROs, adding that the officials/officers of PCA are working tirelessly in order to recover the legitimate government revenue.
Responding to a query, sources said that shortage of staff in the Directorate of Post Clearance Audit was affecting the working scenario, and creating impediments in the pace of revenue detection. They said that the authorities concerned of the directorate have already informed the high authorities of the FBR about the shortage of manpower in the directorate.
The sources further informed this scribe that more revenue recovery is expected through the PCA, as the authorities concerned are working on detecting revenue leakages in other SROs.
