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The Commerce Ministry has taken measures to increase exports of surgical instruments and goods. | See pAge 11 | SeNDINg NotICeS
FBR dispatches audit notices to selected taxpayers identified through computer random ballot for tax year 2013. | See pAge 02 |
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FBR Member Customs Nisar and Member Inland Revenue Shahid are leading respective departments in ongoing deliberations Appraisement-West Collector Muhammad Saleem says intelligence branch is facing severe shortage of manpower. | See pAge 03 | ANNoUNCINg INCeNtIveS
Collector Qurban announces lucrative export and customsrelated incentives for Sialkot exporters. | See pAge 04 |
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he Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has geared up deliberations to prepare proposals to reduce tax exemptions in the upcoming Finance Act. “Last year, the process started in the last quarter of the Niscal year,” a source told Customs Today. He added that the customs, Inland Revenue and Policy Wing have been issued instructions to propose required amendments in next Ninance bill. “Basic objective of the deliberations is to cut the existing tax expenditures up to least half in volume,” the source said. He also said currently, there was Rs 430 billion tax exemption; income tax Rs 100 billion, sales tax Rs 250 billion and customs duty Rs 80 billion.
The source said that FBR Member Customs Nisar Muhammad Khan and Member Inland Revenue Shahid Hussain Asad were leading the respective departments in the ongoing deliberation and Inland Revenue and Customs had started work in this regard. “FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa has directed the departments concerned to Ninalise preliminary discussion by the end of December to enable Bajwa to hold further deliberations at his ofNice and to move forward to Finance Ministry well in time,” the source observed. “Customs Department has been asked to rationalise Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs) which apply concessionary rates on vehicle import permissions to constitutionally posts and reduced duty rates on import of machinery for power sector,” he said, adding that Inland Revenue had been asked to im-
prove tax regime and prepare required constitutional amendments be forwarded to government for inclusion in the upcoming budget. The source said that Income Tax Department had been directed to leave the compulsory clauses of the Second Schedule of Income Tax Ordinance 2001 and others be repealed, because the schedule provided provisions for exemption to several incomes and taxes generated from power sector, charity organisations and allowances to civil and armed Basic objective forces. The source said that deof the deliberations liberation on reducing tax is to cut the existing expenditure was necessary because the International tax expenditures Monetary Fund (IMF) mission would discuss proup to at least posals and Nindings in its half in volume upcoming session. The meeting is likely to be held in the Nirst quarter of 2015.
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pvMA to protest against gas suspension in punjab
KARACHI: The Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA) has announced a countrywide protest against the suspension of gas in Punjab. PVMA Chairman Atif Ikram Sheikh showed concern on the suspension of gas and said the ghee industry was facing a challenge of sustainability on account of energy shortage, particularly gas supply. Sheikh said that there were 43 units of ghee manufacturers in Punjab, of which 37 were functional, but gas supply to them was suspended for the last one week.
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Random balloting: FBR sends notices to 77,500 taxpayers for audit Cases have been selected in six categories under Section 214C of Income Tax Ordinance for Tax Year 2013
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Court grants bail in 50 tola gold smuggling case KARACHI
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he Customs and Taxation Court Special link Judge Arshad Noor Khan granted bail to an air traveler against Rs 1 million surety bonds. The smuggler, Sunder Lal was caught red handed at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi while trying to smuggle 50 tola of gold to India in his luggage. The accused was arrested after 50 tola (approximately 583 grams) of gold was recovered from his luggage while he was on his way to Bombay, India by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight No PK-274 on November 13, 2014. The gold was recovered from a locked box inside the suitcase that the accused was carrying. The market value of the gold recovered from the accused is estimated to be over Rs 2.3 million. On Thursday, the public prosecutor Jan Marwat said that since the gold has been recovered, so we have no objection over Court’s decision. After hearing the public prosecutor as well as the lawyer of the accused the Court granted the bail on the surety of Rs 1 million. The Investigation Officer of the case has already submitted challan in the court last week.
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he Nield ofNicers of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) have dispatched notices to the selected taxpayer cases for audit identiNied through computer random ballot for the tax year 2013. The FBR started the process at the headquarters on September 25 and selected 77,500 cases for audit in six categories, under Section 214C of Income Tax Ordinance for Tax Year 2013 and Tax Period 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 in respect of income tax, sales tax and FED. Last year, 41,727 cases were selected for audit. As per category-wise break up, of 25,046 cases of income tax (corporate), 1,876 cases were selected for audit. Of income tax (non-corporate) 840,675 cases, around 63,050 cases have been selected. Within the category of sales tax (corporate), of 11,757 cases, 1,410 cases were selected for audit. Of 92,455 sales tax (non-corporate) cases, 11,095 cases have been selected for audit. Of 402 FED (corporate) cases, 45 have been selected for audit. Of 202 cases falling under the category of FED (non-corporate), 24 cases were selected for audit. The FBR source said that notices issued to the selected companies and individuals had sought details of proofs of income, expenditures along with receipts. “Regional Tax OfNicers (RTO) Is-
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irectorate General Customs Intelligence and Investigation Headquarters Deputy Director (DD) Shahid Jaan has ordered all officials to maintain record of their daily activities. He has also urged them to further improve their efficiency. The orders have been issued to maintain discipline in the department. According to sources, more guidelines are being prepared to improve the working of officials. Currently, the department is facing severe shortage of manpower. New officials have not been appointed against the slots which fell vacant after the death and retirement of officials. It is decided to employ methods which could give a boost to the department under current circumstances.
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lamabad has completed this exercise and sent notices to the relevant cases,” a source said. However, the source said that in contrary to the decision made during computer ballot, the ofNicers had also sent notices to taxpayers of the categories which had been declared exempted from audit. “These categories included all Ninal tax regime (FTR) cases of income tax corporate returns already taken up for audit under Section 177 for tax year 2013 whether under process or Ninalised; all cases already selected for audit through computer random ballot for tax year
2012 whether under process or Ninalised; all cases where no business is stated to have been conducted for tax year 2013,” he added. The source said that in income tax non-corporate returns cases falling under the FTR, taxable income from salary; taxable income from property; taxable income from share from Association of Persons (AoP); all cases already taken up for audit u/s 177 for tax year 2013 whether Ninalised or pending for assessment and all cases already selected for audit for tax year 2012 were whether under process or Ninalised.
Rs 600m revenue shortfall established against Mobilink, Zong, Telenor and PTCL
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he Directorate General of Internal AuditCustoms in its audit paras has established around Rs 600 million revenue shortfall against Mobilink, Zong, Telenor and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) in clearance of equipments during July 2014 to December 2014 by violating SRO-575. The sources informed Customs Today that the authorities concerned of Internal Audit-Customs have sent those audit paras to the relevant collectorates of Nield formation, including MCCLahore, MCC-Rawalpindi, MCC AppraisementEast, MCC Appraisement-West and MCC Port Qasim. The sources disclosed that the relevant collectorates have agreed upon the recoverable amount i.e. Rs 600million sent by the Directorate General of Internal Audit-Customs through audit-paras and initiated the recovery of the un-payable amount from telecommunication companies. They revealed that the authorities con-
Internal Audit has started to scrutinise clearance data of cellular companies
cerned of the Internal Audit-Customs continued to scrutinise the clearance data of the telecommunication companies and hinted that around Rs 400 million more audit paras may be established against the telecommunication companies by the end of this month i.e. December 2014. The sources disclosed that the clearance data of telecommunication companies, including Wateen Telecom, were in distorted manner, but the authorities concerned of Internal Audit-Customs would scrutinise the clearance data of Wateen Telecom and U-Fone Limited. The authorities concerned of Internal AuditCustoms have started to scrutinise the clearance data of telecommunication companies after the elimination of SRO-575 in the budget 2014-15 as per Nifth schedule list. The sources further said that the Grade-19 and Grade-20 ofNicials under the directives of Internal Audit-Customs Director General (DG) Rubina Wasti have scrutinised the clearance data and established audit paras with great concentration in order to improve the status of the established audit paras.
Moreover, the source added that in sales tax corporate returns, null returns; government departments; cases already taken up for audit for tax period 2013 by the commissioner Inland Revenue and all cases already selected for audit through computer random ballot for tax period 2012 were whether under process or Ninalized. Furthermore the source observed that in sales tax non-corporate returns, null returns; government departments; cases already taken up for audit for tax period 2013 by the commissioner Inland Revenue and all cases already selected for audit through computer random ballot for tax period 2012 were whether under process or Ninalized. ”FED non-corporate returns, null returns; government departments; cases already taken up for audit for tax period 2013 by the Commissioner Inland Revenue and all cases already selected for audit through computer random ballot for tax period 2012 whether under process or Ninalized, the FBR''s new audit policy added,” the source said. However, the source said that audit notices had also been sent to salaried taxpayers, which had resulted in panic among them and now they were quite reluctant in Nilling tax returns for next year. “Even in few cases foreign donor or UN employees have also received the notices despite the fact that income tax is already deducted from their salaries and UN ofNicials are exempted from income tax,” the source added.
excise seals 141 properties for not paying tax LAHORE
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www.customstoday.com he Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has seized 141 properties in the Region-B and issued notices to defaulters to pay property tax with a one-percent fine. Excise Director Masoodul Haq formed special teams in the region to check the property tax defaulters. The teams sealed the properties in different areas of the region, including Bahria Town, Faisal Town, Ferozepur Road and Raiwind Road. The sealed property owners failed to submit property tax before the 30 November deadline. Now the government has imposed one-percent fine.
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Attendance in courts remains thin on Saturday
LAHORE: Attendance in the federal courts remained thin on Saturday contrary to a notification issued by the Law Ministry regarding presence from 8am to 3pm. According to the ministry’s notification, courts would now work for 6 days a week and there would be only one weekly holiday, but only a few officials attended the office on Saturday. Courts, including banking, anti-smuggling, customs, anti-narcotics, environmental and land revenue appellate tribunal are located in the Federal Court building on The Mall.
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he authorities concerned of Internal Audit-Customs held a meeting to review and update the status of letters sent by the Internal AuditCustoms to the commercial/private banks regarding issuance of Form-E in export of gold, it was learnt here on Tuesday. The sources informed Customs Today that the authorities concerned of Internal Audit at initial stage sent letters to 18private/commercial banks to confirm the issuance of Form-E in export of gold. “10 out of 18 banks have responded the letter sent by the authorities concerned of Internal Audit-Customs in order to confirm the issuance of Form-E, adding that the private banks in their response have provided the accurate numbers of issuance of Form-E, which will help in the advancement of the investigation into gold smuggling case,” the sources added. They disclosed that the Muslim Commercial Bank and some other banks have not yet responded the letter issued by the authorities concerned of the Internal Audit-Customs and further reminders have been issued to the relevant authorities of those banks. The sources further informed this scribe that it was decided in the meeting that the investigation into gold smuggling case would be expedited and completed into stipulated time. The sources further revealed that the unscrupulous elements prepared fake EForms on their own and gave colossal loss to the national exchequer.
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Collector Saleem says Appraising Intelligence is out of staff Appraisement-West prepares list of pending court cases on Collector Saleem’s order KARACHI
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shortage of manpower in the Appraising Intelligence Branch (AIB/R&D) is badly affecting detection of the tax evasion cases, it is learnt. Model Customs Collectorate Appraisement-West Collector Muhammad Saleem said that the intelligence branch was facing a severe shortage of manpower and was affecting the performance of the department. “I want to make the AIB/R&D Department of the collectorate most efficient and equipped among all, as the said department is supposed to be the backbone of the Collectorate,” the collector asserted. Collector Saleem said that the officials of the collectorate were doing their best in detecting tax evasion cases through misdeclaration and under-invoicing. “Within the limited resources and manpower, the officials in every field of Customs including examination and intelligence are making efforts in order to enhance the working and to ensure maximum facilitation to the trade,” the collector added. He made it clear that strong surveillance and daily examination at KICT and other terminals were being conducted and zero pendency has been made possible during the examination
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Daily strict monitoring of examination process is being conducted by ADCs process daily. Collector Saleem added that he was also keeping a check on the unnecessary delay during examination on a daily basis to facilitate the maximum trade. To a question, Collector Saleem said that the daily strict monitoring of examination process was
being conducted by ADCs. “The examining officials despite overburden and shortage of staff are doing their best to ensure zero percent pendency in the examination area and due to the fact they are working even on public holidays such as Sundays,”, the collector concluded.
Meanwhile, the authorities concerned of Appraising Intelligence Branch (AIB/R&D) of Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement-West while following the directives of Appraisement (West) Model Customs Collectorate Collector of Muhammad Saleem is compiling the list of pending cases in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP), Sindh High Court (SHC), Customs Tribunal and Customs Courts, it was learnt. The sources further informed Customs Today that Collector Saleem has also asked the officials concerned of AIB/R&D to also provide the penal list of the lawyers, who are contesting the cases in those respective courts on the behalf of Pakistan Customs. They further told this scribe that the main objective of compiling the list of the pending cases is to determine the total recoverable amount which stuck up since long due to not holding proper hearing and trail of the cases, while the Collector wanted prompt decision of the cases before the ending of third quarters of the fiscal year2014-15 “The officials concerned of the Legal Branch-MCC Appraisement (West) are also busy in compiling the list of pending cases,” sources added. The sources revealed that the authorities concerned of AIB/R&D and Legal Brach will submit the list of pending cases before the Collector-MCC Appraisement-West within a week.
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NADRA to issue taxpayers’ cards next week
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) had given a project of taxpayers’ cards to NADRA. The cards have been prepared and will be issued in the next week to those taxpayers who have paid tax before December 15, 2014. The step had been taken by the board to find the tax defaulters and bring them under tax net.
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he Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced the Legal Management System (LMS) to maintain record of legal proceedings and revenue recovered against the verdicts given by the courts in favour of Pakistan Customs. In this regard, the authorities concerned have asked the collectorates, including Appraisement-West, Appraisement-East, Port Qasim, Preventive, Customs Adjudication and Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation to submit and update status of the cases online, so that the authorities concerned of FBR can observe the cases online by using the LMS. The sources informed Customs Today that the Appraisement-West has updated status of cases, which are being heard by the Supreme Court and Sindh High Court. The cases pending in customs courts and customs appellate would be updated next week. The Collectorate of Customs Adjudication-I and -II have almost accomplished work on updating the status of cases online. —CT Report
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www.customstoday.com he Federal government is taking steps to improve tax system. Penal servitude of 14 to 20 years was suggested for tax defaulters but the final decision has not been taken in this regard. The federal government is bearing a loss of billions of rupees. However, the federal government will soon introduce strict policies and a stern action will be taken against tax defaulters.
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ofNices will be constructed on the procured land afterwards conditional to availability and provision of more funds from the government,” the source said. He added that remaining Rs 325 million would be spent on construction of ofNices of Inland Revenue in the cities and towns where the FBR owned land. The source observed that Member Admin Shahid Hussain Jatoi, Chief Admin Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Dr Zubair Yousfani and his team had rendered strenuous and untiring efforts in sanitisation of the issue of infrastructure development to the concerned authorities, tantamount to getting the PC-1 approved. “Because FBR has traditional experience that wherever, it established
its own ofNices, they performed well on both the identiNication of new taxpayers as well as collection of higher amount of revenue,” the source said. He added that efNiciency and performance of ofNicials working at ofNices situated at rented buildings often remained compromised. “Feeling this sensitivity, the above mentioned ofNicers gird up their loins to get the existing infrastructure of FBR further improved and developed,” he added. The USAID is also providing Ninancial assistance to the FBR in infrastructure development and renovation. Certain ofNices of Inland Revenue and Customs at Directorate of Training Islamabad will be renovated under this aid.
CollectorQurbanannouncesincentivesforSialkotexporters
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ollector Customs Sialkot Qurban Ali Khan has assured the early activation and proper functioning of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) by announcing some lucrative export and customsrelated incentives for Sialkot exporters. He announced this while addressing a largely attended meeting of Sialkot business community at Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) here the other day. All the procedures were being simpliNied to motivate the Sialkot exporters to come to Sialkot EPZ, he said. The Collector Customs Sialkot added that the Model Customs Col-
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ith a special interest of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Member Admin Shahid Jatoi, the board has got approved PC-1 (project cycle-1) for Rs 500 million infrastructure development by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP). “CDWP decided to rationalise the scope of work of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and in the Ninal meeting the Planning Commission has approved the bifurcation of allocated amount,” a source in the FBR told Customs Today. “As per proposals of the PC-I, ofNices of the Inland Revenue will be established at least 30 places in the country and approved amount will be spent on land acquisition as well as construction of ofNices,” he said, adding that land would be procured in those cities and towns where the FBR did not own land. The source said that cities where the Inland Revenue ofNices would be established, included Gujrat, Sheikhupura, Pind Dadan Khan, Charsadda and Mandi Bahauddin. “These all stations are very important because a huge amount of revenue is being collected from the taxpayers hailing from these cities and towns,” the source added. “At the post CDWP Ninal meeting, procurement of land at 15 stations with the cost of Rs 175 million has been approved and
he Collector of Model Customs Collectorate-MCC Preventive Syed Muhammad Tariq Huda has confirmed that the Collectorate has received a list of shipping agents from the MCC-Appraisement (West) in order to scrutinize the data of those shipping agents who were involved in clearance of vehicles under the amnesty scheme. Talking to Customs Today, S M Tariq Huda said that the process of scrutinizing the data is being continued and the Collectorate is working on the provided data. Replying to a query, the CollectorMCC Preventive made it clear that legal action would be taken against those shipping agents who found involve in using unfair means in clearance of vehicles under amnesty scheme. It is pertinent to mention here that the Model Customs Collectorate-MCC of Appraisement (West) has sent a list of shipping agents, who were involved in importing vehicles under amnesty scheme in the year2012-13 to the authorities concerned of the Model Customs Collectorate-MCC Preventive. It may also be mentioned here that the MCC-Appraisement (West) is working on to prepare a list of clearing agents who were involved in importing the vehicles under Vehicles Amnesty Scheme (VAS). In this regard, the Collector MCCAppraisement (West) Muhammad Saleem has already informed this scribe that the Additional Collector (ADC)-I Dr Iftikhar Ahmed is preparing the list of those clearing agents who were involved in clearance of vehicles underVehicles Amnesty Scheme. Collector Muhammad Saleem has already informed that the list after finalizing would be sent to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for further proceedings. —CT Report
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lectorate Sialkot (MCCS) has Ninalised a multi-phased plan to develop the Sialkot EPZ and the MCCS would soon announce some attractive incentives related to exports and customs and MCCS would soon announce a public notice within next couple of days in this regard. He said that the Sialkot EPZ was presenting a deserted look, as it could lure only seven exporters of Sialkot to set up their factories at Sialkot EPZ during the last 14 years since its establishment in 2000. The collector added that all the stakeholders were being taken onboard to resolve the Sialkot exporters related to Sialkot EPZ. He announced that there would be no de-notiNication of Sialkot EPZ. He said that the EPZ Law 1980 was now needed to be amended to pro-
mote the EPZs in the country. Collector Qurban also formulated a standing committee comprising senior ofNicials of Customs Department and Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) to resolve all the prolonged perturbing problems of Sialkot exporters after the mutual detailed discussions, saying that this standing committee would hold meetings on monthly basis to resolve all the issues, in this regard. The collector disclosed that as many as Rs 3 billion were needed to ensure the payments of the rebate claims till June 2015, out of which Rs. 931 million had already been paid to the Sialkot exporters, saying that MCCS gets as many as 2500 to 3000 rebate claims every month by Sialkot exporters.
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nfair means such as smuggling and underinvoicing are damaging the local industry, Sindh Industrial and Trade Estate (SITE) Association of Industry Chairman Jawed Bilwani said. During an exclusive interview with Customs Today at his office, the SITE Association of Industry chairman said that the authorities concerned were not interested in uprooting smuggling, adding that they have failed to evolve any effective strategy to rid the country of this menace. When sought suggestions to curb smuggling, Bilwani said FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa should conduct meetings with the stakeholders and industrialists during his visit to Karachi, so that he could get firsthand knowledge of issues faced by the business community. The chairman demanded that the FBR audit the customs officials through an independent source or audit firm to check properties made by them in foreign countries. Bilwani termed Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) a root cause of smuggling and said
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that it was damaging the local industry. Bilwani suggested that same duty/tax tariff should be implemented in Pakistan and Afghanistan, annual capping for Afghan Transit Trade consignments and introduction of trains on the ATT routes, as the smuggling is on the rampant while land/road routes have been introduced. He said further that restriction on ‘hawala’ and ’hundi’ was imperative for uprooting smuggling from the country. To a question, Bilwani said that the FBR and Pakistan Customs authorities have introduced best automated system namely WeBOC, through which the clearance process has become simplified and free from corruption. He, however, said that the automated system needed improvement time to time to make it more effective for the trade. Commenting on the situation of SITE industrial units, the chairman said that SITE was one of the largest industrial areas having around 5,000 industrial units and had an honour that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah inaugurated Walika Industry in SITE area. To another question, Bilwani regretted that the industrial sectors did not enjoy the support of the Sindh government to improve basic infrastructure of the industrial units established in SITE area. “There is an absence of proper and modern transportation system, including roads in SITE area. The industrial units are getting
only 10 percent of the allocated quota of water supply which was designated to SITE area in 1989,” the chairman added. Bilwani dem anded that the government provide a separate dedicated system for industrial units in terms of power, water and gas supply. He also said that new companies should be introduced to provide power supply to the industrial units, as the pathetic performance of K-Electric has annoyed the industrialists a lot. “Introduction of new electric companies will create an atmosphere of competition and the companies would try its best to facilitate their consumers,” he added. Flaying the performance and attitude of the Sindh government, the chairman said that the provincial government was responsible for destroying industrial sectors in Karachi by producing an artificial shortage of water, electricity and gas to the industrial units of the city. To a question, Bilwani disclosed that Rs 3 million were being spent on the security of industrial units monthly and the industrialists bear all the expenses. To another question, the SITE Association of Industry chairman said that the extortion cases have been decreased from February 2014 and snatching rate would be come down to zero percent within four months due to effective security measures taken by the SITE industrialists.
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Low tax returns t least 770,000 people filed their income tax returns until December 5,down from 835,000 last year and that too after repeated extensions in deadline and offer of concessions. Various reasons are attributed to the low number of returns in which only Rs 5 billion have been collected.The prime suspectblamed for the low tax returns is said to be SRO-608 which is controversial in the eyes of traders, but a perfect law in the official circles and a right step tobring small traders into the tax net. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) received Rs13.7 billion in taxes last year, hoping to take the number of taxpayers to 1.25 million this year, but the warning shots by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to the traders that -- either pay taxes or face the music -- apparently remained unheard.The newspaper reports suggest FBR chairmanTariq Bajwa has allowed the income tax commissioners to take decisions on case-tocase basis and recover the losses. After all, a shortage of Rs 7.7 billion is not a small amount and the process to send notices to those who did not file wealth statement along with income tax returns has started.Many wealthy people have avoided filingof the wealth statements, which point finger at the lacunae in the tax collection system. According to experts, the basis of direct taxation is withholding taxes which are sometime treated as full and final liability, including the taxes paid by exporters, contractors and importers. At least Rs136.6 billion were collected from contractors through withholding taxes and Rs26.7 billion in withholding taxes from exporters.The importers paid Rs23.8 billion last year. At least Rs51.9 billion was collected as withholding taxes on telephone bills and Rs20 billion on electricity bills.The experts regard most of the withholding taxes as transactional taxes which do not fall in the definition of income tax. On another note, the sales tax regime faces challenges like incomplete chain of registration, resistance from retailers, delayed refunds, weak audit and fake and flying invoices.The country’s economy is mostly undocumented, allowing rampant tax evasion.The solution lies in the affective monitoring of productionprocess and enforcement of a two-tier system for retailers. For arguments sack, if the system is blamed for all ills, then no system is flawless and that is why emphasis always remains on implementationof the system rather than its revision over and over again.The government has already started a process to reform the tax system, but capacity-building of the tax collection officials is also essential to get the desired results.The businessmen always claim that they have no objection in the payment of due taxes, while the officials also express their resolve to carry out their official obligations diligently.There is a need to find gray areas to keep the system move in the right direction. Whether it is the government official or a businessman, the two sides are patriotic Pakistanis and the only need to do is to keep the national interest supreme in any situation.
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he World Customs Organisation (WCO), in coordination with Interpol and the United Nations OfNice on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has launched Programme Global Shieldto curb the supply chain of chemicals intended to be used in improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Despite the fact that Pakistan is a victim of terrorism,the IDEs are very easily manufacturedand accessible across the country due to availability of raw material and lack of security mechanism. Thousands of security forces personnel and common people have been killed in terrorism-related incidents and still the IDEs are being used in the tribal areas as a lethal weapon against security forces.The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is planning to launch a 20-day coordinated operation from December 15, 2014 to January 3, 2015 to identify chemicalswhich can be used in the IEDs. It is a good omen that the government is coming up with the plan to counter the terrorism
threats and trafNicking of chemicals and associated components identiNied in Programme Global Shield. Under the plan, the authorities will monitor all suspicious activities, warning messages, feedbacks and seizuresof related to the chemicals. The ofNicials of the Pakistan Customs, including Collector Muhammad Saleem of the Model Customs Collectorate AppraisementWest, Karachi; Deputy Collector Adeem Khan of the Model Customs Collectorate Peshawar;Assistant Collector Muhammad Adnan Khan of the Model Customs Collectorate-Preventive, Lahore; Additional Director Ziaullah Shams of the Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation, Peshawar and Assistant Collector Yawar Nawaz of the Model Customs Collectorate, Islamabad attended an operational coordinationmeeting in Astana, Kazakhstan on September 2-4 to interact and coordinate with global customs ofNicials. The Pakistani authorities have decided to form a working group to monitor the progress of the plan, targeting the Global Shield identiNied chemicals and share information with ofNicials of the global customs organisations during another meeting going to be held in
FBR has already received modern equipment and knowhow from the United States to prevent the entry of hazardous chemicals
Dushanbe in January next year. The FBR has already received modern equipment and knowhow from the United States to prevent the entry of hazardous chemicals. On another note, a process has been launched to verify thousands of end users of fertilizersin Pakistan. Under the End Use VeriNication (EUV) project of the Pakistan Customs, the import of dual-use chemicals will be monitored across the country to limit the ability of terrorists to use the chemicals in IDEs. It is unfortunate that the writ of the government is weak in various domains and areas of the country. The successive governments could not keep up pace with the changing circumstances at global, regional and local levels. No doubt we as a nation has institutional capacity, but we could not achieve functional capacity so far and rely heavily on temporary arrangements. Business and industry are key to progress, which need peace and stability. No one wants to put his money in an unstable country and that is the reason we lag behind many countries despite having skill and technology. We will have to root out terrorism from country to stop capital Nlight and brain drain from the country.
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DECEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 22, 2014
LHC to hear luxury tax case on 12 Jan
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has adjourned a case against luxury tax until January 12, 2015. In the last hearing on Wednesday, Excise and Taxation Department lawyers and the Punjab chief secretary representatives argued to the court that according to finance bill provincial government is independent to impose any tax on any property. The government sought more time to submit their replies against applications of stay orders on luxury tax. The court has now extended the stay order and adjourned the case until January 12 for further hearing.
RTO asks LTBA to vacate NBP branch, emergency exit area egionalTax Office (RTO ) Lahore administration has served notice on LahoreTax Bar Association (LTBA) President to vacate the area while the Bar president has reacted strongly against the demand of the RTO. As per details, Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, Regional Tax Office, Lahore, addressing the LTBA president Aysha Qazi asked her to immediately vacate the area adjacent to the LTBA office.“The adjacent area ‘is an Emergency Fire Exit,’the RTO said adding that,“We are afraid that if this place is not vacated immediately we may suffer huge losses in form of human lives and damages to public property.” On the other hand, LBTA President talking to CustomsToday said that the RTO has made a very unrealistic demand as the place has been constructed for setting up a branch of NBP with mutual consent of the past chief commissioners of LTU, RTO-I and RTO-II. She said that it was very unfortunate that LahoreTax Office which is one of the biggest offices of the Federal Board Revenue offices and it does not have a bank branch of any bank. The LTBA president emphasized that in the absence of the bank branch both RTO staff and taxpayers were facing hardships in revenue collection and tax deposits respectively. Qazi said that the area which the RTO has asked LTBA to vacate was mutually decided for the set-up of a Bank Branch in 2009 by the then RTO chief commissioners and LTBA office bearers. However, the new chief commissioner RTO-I Waqar Ahmad, who according to Qazi, is of the view that consultants should not be serving at the premises, has objected and asked the LTBA to vacate the place and the RTO officials, the LTBA president stated, adding that the chief commissioners is also not ready to give the substitute of the area. —CT Report
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Collector Mukarram Jah reshuffles ADCs, DCs, ACs MCC Preventive unearths Rs 26.4m tax evasion on betel leaves, registers FIRs LAHORE
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CC preventive has reshufNled additional collectors, deputy collectors and assistant collectors of customs and distributed work among them. According to details, additional collector Jamil Nasir Khan has been assigned all matters related to airport/air freight unit while additional collector Mrs Saadia Munib will be looking after all the matters relating to Land Freight Unit (LFU), PFC, Railways Station Wagha and Railways Station T-10. Similarly, additional collector of customs Mrs Beelam Ramzan has been assigned all matters related to Headquarters (HQ), Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO), Investigation and Prosecution (I&P) and SWHs. On the other hand, deputy and assistant collectors of MCC preventive have also been given assignments according to the new orders. Deputy collector of customs ShaNiqur Rehman has been assigned duties on HQ, ASO, I&P, SWHs, & R&D while Deputy Collector Mrs Irum Sohail will look after matters about AFU and deputy collector Tauqir Dar will be supervising the same duties at the LFU. Assistant collector Saqibur Rehman is assigned to supervise air-
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Collector Mukarram Jah port trafNic, baggage, ICG adjudication, recovery, rebate and refund, bonds and DFSL while assistant collector Ammar Ahmad Mir will do the assignments related to AFU (groupI/ import examination, temporary import, bank guarantee and audit). Assistant collector Dr Adnan Khan is appointed at the Railways Station T-10 and Railways Station Wagha.
The work distribution among the additional, deputy and assistant collectors has been undertaken by the collector of customs Mukarram Jah. A top Customs ofNicial said that distribution of work and reshufNling has been undertaken to streamline workload and increase performance of the collectorate. Meanwhile, the MCC Preventive
has unearthed Rs 26.4 million duty and taxes fraud on import of betel leaves, Customs Today learnt on Friday. MCC collectorate AFU ofNicials upon suspicion, held audit of accounts of Jafa Kash Brothers in National Bank of Pakistan and found the company in connivance with its clearing agent A One Enterprises had been attaining clearance of imported betel leaves by hiding the actual quantity of the imported leaves. It was found that the importer had been getting the clearance of 281 GDS declaring less weight than the imported betel leaves at the AFU Lahore since July 2009 up to June 2012. According to 233 GDs, the importer imported 1,53,244 kg of the betel leaves while the importer got clearance on 54,831 kg, evading duty and taxes of Rs 26, 435,000 on 86,154 kg of betel leaves. According to Customs ofNicials, the accused persons including Jafa Kash Brothers and A One Enterprises and others have inNlicted heavy losses on the national exchequer by evading above 26.4 million. They added that the accused persons by not depositing Goods Declaration to the Customs ofNice allegedly violated various sections of Customs Act, 1969. The Customs Investigation and Prosecution Department registered FIR against Shahid Chaudhry of Jafa kash Brothers and Rashid Yaqoob of A One Enterprises under clauses 77, 43, 14A, 14 of section 156 of Customs Act, 1969. The Customs I&P sources said that raids are being conducted to arrest the accused.
Finance Ministry urged to facilitate private sector To, Ishaq Dar, Finance Minister
record of Nirst Nive months of the current Niscal year show average monthly exports growth of $1.984 billion, which is unsatisfactory. We want to warn that if this low growth trend of exports persisted, achieving the stipulated exports target would become more difNicult and the situation would put more pressure on the country’s balance of payment leading to further rise in Niscal deNicit. One good option to overcome rising trade deNicit is to focus on strengthening inter-regional connectivity as it would create more business opportunities for Pakistan in the regional countries and help in enhancing trade regional.
Respected Sir,
Through reverence it is brought to your knowledge that traders are concerned over the rising trade deNicit. We urge you to take urgent measures to facilitate private sector in promoting trade and exports in order to overcome the issue. Trade deNicit has surged to $10.45 billion during the Nirst Nive months of the Ninancial year 201415, showing an increase of over 34 percent in the same period of last year. This state of affairs indicates that our exports are not growing well. We urge the government to take all necessary steps to address the key issues of exporters like energy, lack of infrastructure develop-
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ment, bureaucratic hurdles and institutional rigidities to facilitate traders in improving the country’s
trade and exports. The government has set annual exports target of $27 billion, but the
Thanks and regards,
Muhammad Shakeel Munir, ICCI Acting President
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DECEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 22, 2014
elevator-2 at Customs House becomes operational
KARACHI: The authorities concerned of Pakistan Customs have taken notice of the “letter of grievance”, published in the previous issue of Customs Today regarding the non-operational of two visitors’ elevators at Custom House, Karachi. MCC Preventive Collector Tariq Huda said he directed the authorities concerned of Preventive Collectorate to take immediate measures after Customs Today highlighted the issue. Following the directives of Collector-MCC Preventive, the Customs authorities have made the elevator-2 operational for the visitors.
Malaysian Consular general appreciates pakistan Customs performance CG hoped that this event will spur greater cooperation between MPOB and Pakistan Customs and further strengthen relationship between Malaysia KARACHI
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alaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Pakistan Customs jointly organised a seminar at Directorate General of Training Research (DGTR) Building (Old Custom House) here the other day. At the inaugural session of seminar, Consul General of Malaysia in Karachi Abu Bakar Mamat stated that the Malaysian palm oil products are export oriented commodities and quality has always been emphasized in the Malaysian palm oil industry. With this in mind, enormous efforts have been undertaken by the government particularly through the MPOB and private sectors on the quality assurance systems across the supply, production, handling and services which are based on mutual respect and shared responsibilities between all parties involved. The Malaysian government has an important role in providing policy guidance by establishing rules and legislations or frameworks that incorporates quality and food safety for the Malaysian palm oil products. The MPOB Act 1998 or Malaysian Act 582 imposed conditions and requirements to regulate the Malaysian palm oil industry. All licensees are required
— Exclusive Customs Today photos to submit records of production, purchases, transport, sales, storage, trading and stocks of oil palm products to MPOB on regular basis. This information enables us to monitor and maintain good health of the industry by tracking the critical points such as quality performance of the products been produced and exported. MPOB has set up port ofNices at all the major ports in Malaysia for monitoring and enforcement of exported palm oil products. Samples are collected from pro-
ducers and export/import points including ship’s tanks. This is to ensure that the palm oil products quality complies with the contractual quality speciNication in order to safeguard the interest of the buyers. The CG hoped that this event will spur greater cooperation between MPOB and Pakistan Customs and further strengthen relationship between Malaysia and Pakistan remains a very large consumer of vegetable oils and fats and a very large market for palm oil.
Customs, KMC initiate beautification of Aziz Bhatti Park T
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he beautiNication work of Aziz Bhatti Park and construction of wetland for biological waste water treatment cycling project has been initiated by the collective efforts of the Pakistan Customs and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC). MCC Preventive Collector Syed Muhammad Tariq Huda, Pakistan Navy Vice Admiral-Commander Arifullah Hussaini, Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui and KMC Administrator Rauf Akhtar Farooqui on Tuesday briefed the media about the beautiNication work and construction of wetland during a press conference. Speaking to media, Collector SM Tariq Huda said that 20-acre wet-
land of Aziz Bhatti Park is to be developed on modern basis and this is not only a project of Pakistan Customs, but the people of Karachi have assured to take the ownership of the said project. Pakistan Navy Vice AdmiralCommander Arifullah Hussain said that it was a good sign that all stake holders are on same page in order to improve the infrastructure of the city. He termed the said project “a united effort of private, civil and military leadership and requested the people to play their due role in improving the infrastructure of the city. Administrator KMC Rauf Akhtar Farooqui said that the revival of park has been started and if the public participation is being continued in those projects, then the encroachment would not be existed on parks and playgrounds.
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DECEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 22, 2014
pCA working hard to enhance staff expertise
KARACHI: Enhancing the expertise of the professional expertise tops the list of priorities of the Directorate General of Post Clearance Audit (PCA). Sources said that a couple of officials from among the PCA’s appraising and auditing staff were sent to PCA Lahore recently for training aimed at improving the relevant expertise. The Headquarters of the PCA in Islamabad selects the audit observations pinpointed by the Risk Management module and sends them to the Karachi Directorate from where the entire workload is passed on to officials concerned.
Commerce Ministry gears up efforts to enhance export of surgical instruments ISLAMABAD
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he Commerce Ministry has followed numerous measures to increase exports of surgical instruments and goods. A well-placed source at MoC told this scribe here on Tuesday that exports of surgical instruments exceed $300 million in Niscal year 2013-14 as export of surgical instruments increased to $261million from $221 million than the Niscal year 2012-13. Surgical Industry of Pakistan holds a history of more than 100 years, when some British doctors got their surgical instruments repaired from the skilled workers of Sialkot and that was the foundation of Sialkot Surgical Industry while Surgical Instruments Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (SIMAP) was established in 1958 with an aim to protect and promote the art of surgical instruments manufacturing and to help solving the problems of surgical manufac-
turing community. SIMAP 3000 members Nirms more than 500,000 workers are grossly engaged in manufacturing of Sur-
gical Instruments to meet the export commitments in the International Market. The source said that SIMAP
FBR rejects request to keep Islamabad dry port open 7 days a week
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he Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has rejected the Model Customs Collectorate Islamabad’s suggestion to keep the Is-
lamabad Dry Port open for seven days a week. The Cargo Agents Association had urged the MCC Islamabad to cancel the weekly holiday. The association had said that the importers would get one extra day to clear their goods and
would have to pay less demurrage. After this the MCC had written to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), but the board rejected the request after learning that business volume at the port was not enormous.
had been active since long, resultantly, Pakistani export of surgical instruments had a signiNicant share in the import of even de-
veloped countries like USA, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Brazil, U.A.E, Japan, Australia and Mexico.
Yousfani chairs meeting to discuss issues linked to weBoC ith the year drawing to a close the office of the Directorate of Reforms and Automation is abuzz with activities, including meetings and conferences. Directorate of R&A Director Abdul Majid Yousfani chaired a meeting of officials, including additional directors and deputy directors to discuss issues related to the progress on WeBOC modules in various phases of internal testing, developing and launching. Some of the important targets the directorate set itself to achieve by end of this month include increasing the reach of WeBOC module to automate the trade through air in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi airports from 63 percent to 80 percent; diplomatic cargo imports to 95 percent, used car clearance coverage through WeBOC to 95 percent and increasing the WeBOC goods declaration filing coverage to 90 percent. In addition, the launching of the trace and track IPAD Apple phone App for importers and clearing agents, which is in testing phase right now, is one of the other cherished project of the directorate. Developing modules for other government institutions such as the one to be used to automate the filing of the E-Form by exporters for the use of State Bank of Pakistan, a project about which the SBP has shown great interest as well as approaching a number of ministries and departments to offer a similar tailor-made service is also keeping the directorate busy. Separately, an additional collector of the Model Customs Collectorate of Port Muhammad Bin Qasim and an officer of the Directorate General of Transit Trade visited Yousfani’s office to discuss several issues. —CT Report
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FBR to review reduction in taxes on solar power plants he government has decided to promote solar energy to overcome energy crisis. Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa had called a meeting on Saturday in which the federal industries secretary participated. The agenda of the meeting was to review the reduction in taxes regarding solar power plants. Reduction in prices of solar energy products is also expected. —CT Report
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FBR recovers Rs 85m by resolving tax defaulter case
LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue Regional Tax I office Lahore Intelligence and Investigations and Prosecution Wing has recovered Rs 85 million by resolving a tax defaulter case. Rahim Yar Khan Sugar Mills committed fraud by not paying sales tax and federal excise duty worth million of rupees. Sources said that case was pending for many days. FBR RTO-I Chief Commissioner Waqar Ahmed took action against the fraudulent and assigned the task to II&P Incharge Deputy Commissioner Raza Ashfaq to tackle the culprits.
Offshore cargo handling charges at Karachi ports extremely high Mehmood says businessmen are persistently voicing their concerns over detention and demurrage charges
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he offshore cargo handling charges at the two ports of Karachi are extremely high
and the government should take notice of this practice, Chairman KCCI’s Sub-Committee on Ports and Shipping Nasir Mehmood said. Talking to Customs Today, he said the businessmen are persistently voicing their concerns over detention and demurrage charges due to delayed examination of containers,
off-dock terminals are charging Rs 25,000 per tonne
which has become an off-again-onagain problem at the on-dock terminals and yet they are squeezed far more by the off-dock terminators that have left on-dock terminals far behind by charging exorbitant charges. For instance, the off-dock terminals are charging Rs 25,000 per tonne, a rate which works out to be about 200-
time more than that charged by the KPT and over 25-time the rate charged by the KICT, PICT and QICT for a 40-feet container. This and many other problems faced by the port users could only be solved by establishing an Authority to monitor and regulate the ports and shipping sector, he added.
pakistan International Container terminal auctions goods
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wide array of goods would be offered at an auction that would be held at the Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) from December 19-26, 2014. The goods put up for auction of fresh and leftover and rejected lots include 15,620 kilograms of old and used computer system; 62,465 kilograms of ceiling tiles and Nibre board; 49,060 kilograms of cotton-blended curtain fabrics, cotton fabric rags, dyed and white fabric, dyed fabric and dyed fabric cut; 5,770 kilograms of electronic weighing counter scale; 12,490 kilograms of animal hide (apparently cow hide) in assorted sizes; 10,880 kilograms sodium hydroxide in the form of white pellets 200 plastic drum (30 pellets) and 69,460 kilograms used spring
mattress. Also, 3,338 kilograms of baby polyester frock in assorted colours and designs; 9,640 kilograms of assorted battery operated and manual toys; 2,887 kilograms of toothpaste
gel with brush; 1,180 kilograms of assorted size and types of plastic bindia; 17,150 kilograms of polyester cord fabric serviceable; 13,370 kilograms of fully automatic washing machines; 16,160 kilograms of waste lube oil
and 22,800 kilograms used solar panels, solar dry batteries would also be auctioned. Used Mitsubishi truck mounted with crane; 5.080 kilograms UPS; 6,320 kilograms auto parts; 10,870 kilograms used clothing including knitted garments, shirt, sweaters, blankets; 14,310 kilograms second hand ladies and gents wear; 15,480 kilograms of used shoes; 18,000 kilograms tyre cutting scrap 3 pieces; 19,340 kilograms tyre rubber scrap; 17,980 kilograms sodium format; 22,515 kilograms used assorted electronics items; a used Toyota Corolla Sienna XLE; one used Toyota Previa (GS) would also be offered. A large number and a wide and varied variety of other items including chemicals; industrial as well as household and commercial items would also be offered at the auction at Model Customs Collectorate ofNice of the Deputy Collector of Customs, PICT, East Wharf, Karachi.
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