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27/09/2016

PCA initiates audit of vehicles cleared under 2013 amnesty scheme
By mashhud (customnews.pk) August 26, 2016 Top Stories

KARACHI: Directorate General of Post Clearance Audit (PCA) has initiated audit of vehicles cleared under the 2013 vehicles amnesty scheme.

Several teams have been formed to conduct audit of vehicles at various collectorates. A team comprising Deputy Director Rashid Munir and appraising officers Abdul Aziz, Rana Mohammad Naseer and Zulfiqar Zaman scrutinized 5958 cases cleared from MCC Appraisement West. The team found that in 556 files duty and taxes were short realized. Therefore, MCC Appraisement West is required to recover Rs43.728 million.

Another team headed by Assistant Director Maryam Khalid and comprising deputy superintendents Arshad Mehmood, Muhammad Zaheer, inspector Muhammad Mumtaz conducted the audit of vehicles cleared from MCC Islamabad under the vehicles amnesty scheme.

The audit found that revenue to the tune of Rs0.845 million was short realized in 14 cases as they were allowed inadmissible exemption under SRO 172(I)/2013 as amended vide SRO 185(I)/2013.

According to FTO, considerably more generous tax and tariff concessions were granted to smuggled vehicles as compared to old and used vehicles imported by overseas Pakistanis. Courts also declared the amnesty as illegal while several officials were suspended and even dismissed.

The amnesty was misused rather abused grossly as even vehicles not present in the country were cleared without even examination.

In March 2013, the Revenue Division notified amnesty for smuggled vehicles vide SRO 172(I)/2013. Instead of packaging guidelines for orderly implementation simultaneously while notifying the amnesty, the FBR haphazardly issued piecemeal instructions on different occasions during the amnesty period. This caused a lot of mismanagement in implementation.

Failure of the FBR to package the requisite guidelines for orderly implementation of amnesty across the country prompted mismanagement and abuse of the amnesty and triggered a lot of public criticism.

The overseas Pakistanis decried discrimination. The media highlighted the ravages of smuggling. The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) sent a scathing Policy Note to the Revenue Division/FBR on the adverse implications of amnesty for local auto industry.

27/09/2016

PCA makes contravention reports in Telecom batteries cases PCT 8507.2090
By mashhud (customnews.pk) August 26, 2016 Top Stories

KARACHI: The Collectorate of Post Clearance Audit (PCA) led by Director Guil Rehman, Deputy Director Rashid Munir filed two contravention reports against Ericsson Pakistan.

The importer was accused of mis-declaration. According to the contravention report during scrutiny of import data for “Telecom Batteries for use in Telephone Exchanges “falling under PCT heading 8507 carrying CD at a rate of 10 per cent, it was found that in fact the imported items are “multipurpose batteries and power backup equipment correctly classifiable under PCT heading 8507.2090, carrying CD at a rate of 20 per cent. Thus the delinquent importer attempted to evade Customs Duty, Sales Tax, Additional sales tax and Income tax amounting to rupees 528,126 and rupees 8,280, 938 in another case.

Both the cases have been forwarded to the Collector Adjudication (I) for initiating adjudicating proceedings.

27/09/2016

Customs Post Clearance Audit makes contravention reports against five importers
By mashhud (customnews.pk) August 26, 2016 Top Stories

KARACHI: The Directorate of Post Clearance Audit (PCA), Pakistan customs filed five contravention reports against Mobile Communication Companies including CM Pak Limited (Islamabad) 2 cases, Commtel (Lahore), BT Pakistan (Karachi), Pakistan Mobile Communication Ltd (Islamabad).

The importers/companies reported upon have imported Cellular Infrastructure Equipment for Telecom Sector which were to be correctly declared under PCT heading 8517,6990 attracting Custom Duty at a rate of 15 per cent, Additional custom duty 1 per cent, Sales Tax 17 per cent Additional Sales tax 3 per cent and With Holding Tax 5.5 per cent.

These companies instead made a mis-declaration under PCT heading 8471.5000, 8471.4900, 8471.4190 which attracted Customs Duty 2 per cent, ACD 1 per cent, ST 17 per cent, AST 3 per cent and WHT 6 percent.

According to the Detecting/Processing staff led by Gul Rehman, Director, Rashid Munir, Deputy Director, Waseem Kazmi, Principal Appraiser and others they all were found guilty of evading leviable Custom Duty, Sales Tax, by mis-declaring the classification of goods punishable under clauses (I) and 14 of Section 156 (1) of the Customs Act 1969, Section 33 (5) of the Sales tax Act 1990 and section 148 and 182 of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001.

According to contravention reports CM Pak Limited evaded an amount of rupees 17,436, 391 in one report and rupees 22, 333,353 in another case while BT Pakistan evaded rupees 1,038,695, Pakistan Mobile Communication Ltd rupees 8, 246,542 and Commtel rupees 1,116,314.

All the separate contravention reports have been sent to Collector Customs Adjudication–I for initiating adjudication proceedings against the delinquent companies.

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