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AIB of Appraisement (West) following directives of Collector Saleem starts verification of previous data of clearance of consignments of“glass mirror”. See pAge 04 | ReleASing conSignMentS
Appraisement-East released the detained consignments of auto parts on Sindh High Court (SHC) orders. | See pAge o9 | SecURing tRAnSit tRADe
Pakistan remains the shortest, most economical and the most secure Transit Trade corridor for land-locked Afghanistan, says DG Khawar Farid. | See pAge 03 |
ederal Board of Revenue (FBR) Member Admin Shahid Hussain Jatoi has held a meeting with ofPicials to discuss tax evasion in Karachi. The agenda for the meeting was to establish infrastructure of Intelligence and Investigation Department in Karachi along with appointment of ofPicials to curb tax evasion. The Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation mostly works as an intelligence arm of FBR but its day to day work involves investigations of revenue-related crime and offences as well. Usually having ofPicers from the Inland Revenue Service, it acts on the information from other law enforcement agencies, informants on its pay roll and corporate whistle blowers. A source in the FBR said that the objective behind establishment of intelligence and investigation ofPice in Karachi was to unearth evasion of sales tax, income tax and other taxes as well as to take the tax evaders to task. “The detailed discussions showed that the FBR was speciPically focusing on checking and controlling over the menace of tax evasion,” he said, adding that it would be a positive development for increasing the revenue target as well as broadening of the tax net. The source said that ratio of tax evasion was high in Karachi because of massive business activities which required availability of effective and mobilised intelligence and investigation setup. “Thus the FBR has taken a timely step for focusing on Karachi in this regard,” he said, adding that it would
bring positive and handful results. However, the source said that establishment of intelligence and investigation infrastructure would not prove sufPicient because appointment of honest ofPicers was also a must to get the desired results. The source said the FBR granted required powers to I&I ofPicers under SRO-351, but halted exercise of these powers on the request of traders and businessmen who expressed fears about possibility of misuse of the granted authorities and powers to the intelligence and investigation ofPicers, whereas, the FBR was of the view that the given powers were need of the hour for the ofPicers to assert their authorities for having due outcomes. The source recalled that Large Taxpayer Unit (LTU) Karachi had approximately 30% share in the total revenue collection of the FBR, despite the fact that entire 30% revenue was not collected from Karachi alone because a majority of headquarters and head ofPices of corporate companies and sector were situated in Karachi therefore tax deposited by these companies was shown as share of LTU Karachi. The Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation functions with three regional ofPices headed by directors in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. The regional directors in Karachi and Lahore are assisted by three additional directors. These additional directors are responsible
for vigilance, customs and sales tax, corporate and direct tax. The Islamabad regional director has Pive additional directors in headquarters, vigilance, customs, sales and central excise, Peshawar and Quetta. Vigilance Wings in Peshawar and Quetta are headed by deputy directors.
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Customs Central Region collected customs duty worth Rs 11.28 billion up 11 percent in 4 months against Rs 10,169m in same period of last FY. | See pAge 02 |
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faisalabad customs seizes Rs 9m bitumen
FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Department of Model Custom Collector Faisalabad has seized a huge quantity of smuggled bitumen loaded on a trailer from Jhang. The value of the seized substance is Rs 9 million. Senior Customs Inspector Tanveer Ahmad said, “We have seized the trailer loaded with bitumen from Jhang. The worth of 56,000 kg bituminous is Rs 9 million.” He added, “We have taken the truck into our custody and registered a case.”
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he Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has planned to shift the offices of the Directorate General of Internal Audit-Customs at the 11th Floor of the Custom House Building, Karachi. The sources informed Customs Today that the authorities concerned of MCC-Preventive has made all arrangements in order to shift the offices of the Directorate General of Internal Audit-Customs at the 11th floor and shifting of the offices may be completed in the current week. It may be mentioned here that the offices of the Directorate General of Internal Audit-Customs are divided into two, as the office of the Director General of Internal Audit-Customs is located at the 4th floor of Custom House Building while remaining offices of the additional directors and other subordinate staff are located in Sales Tax Building situated at University Road. The sources said that the shifting of all the offices of the Directorate of Internal General of Internal AuditCustoms will certainly improve the working of the directorate.
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Customs Preventive starts anti-smuggling research project he Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Preventive has initiated an anti-smuggling research project to better understand the various modes, techniques and other such intricacies to help curb the menace of smuggling. The Collectorate has deployed foreign-educated persons, a twomember female team of which is approaching various Collectorates and Directorates of Pakistan Customs to seek relevant information. The team visited an official within the Directorate General of Transit Trade. Sources talking to Customs Today on the condition of anonymity said that the general perception about Transit Trade being a conduit of smuggling of an array of goods back into Pakistan from Afghanistan, for which they were meant to be imported, pushed the Directorate General of Transit Trade undertook an exercise to ascertain whether the perception was really true. “The exercise included opening of exactly 100 containers laden with tea at the Karachi Ports which were rechecked at the two Custom Border Stations at Torkham and Chaman to ensure that the quantity and the description of the items bound for Afghanistan matched. Everything was found right in this case,” the sources added. —CT Report
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he Customs Central Region has collected customs duty worth Rs 11.28 billion up 11 percent in four months of Pinancial year 2014-15 against Rs 10,169 million in the same period of last Pinancial year. The Customs Central Region consists of four appraisement, including Lahore Appraisement, Lahore Preventive, MCC Multan and MCC Faisalabad. As per details, the Lahore Collectorate of Customs Appraisement during the four months of FY 201415 collected Rs 5.57 billion up 12 percent against Rs 4.94 billion during the same period last FY. Similarly, the Collectorate of Customs Appraisement Lahore collected Rs 2.49 billion up 50 percent against Rs 1.66 billion during the four months in the corresponding FY. The MCC Multan collected Rs 2.50 billion down 17 percent in four months against Rs 3.02 billion in the last Pinancial year. The MCC Faisalabad, however, showed a hefty growth of 36 percent while collecting Rs 718 million during the period against total collection of Rs 720 million against Rs 527 million last year. Overall, the central region collected Rs 11.28 billion in FYTD against Rs 10.16 billion last FYTD attuning a growth of 11 percent.
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OfPicial sources said that the 11 percent growth has been achieved following the close surveillance of the Central Region Chief Collector of Customs Rozi Khan Burki and the collectors, including Zahid Khokhar and Mukarram Jah. They added that the collectors were holding meetings with the ofPicials concerned which showed their determination not only to achieve
the target, but also exceed it. Meanwhile, the National Logistics Cell (NLC) has started a containertrain service for bonded and nonbonded freight carriage between Karachi and Lahore at the Mughalpura Dry Port. According to NLC, the containertrain service has been started to facilitate importers and exporters who use the dry port.
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he veriPication of transaction value of imports is hard to verify because due to a number of reasons like the origin, quality and business dealing between the parties, Director General of Customs Valuation Robina Ather said while talking to Customs Today. DG Robina Ather said that the Directorate’s primary role is to ensure that proper valuation of all imports coming into Pakistan by assessing duty and taxes on the Customs values applicable to a particular import. Since transaction value is hard to verify for the reasons already mentioned above the price valuation could also be different depending on a number of factors and thus there are no hard and fast rules and the Directorate has to use one of many methods of evaluation to assess the Customs values of items, she added. “At times, one or more stakeholders also approach the Directorate to re-determine the Customs values while at ties the Directorate itself initiates a process to re-determine the Customs value of an import item due to Pluctuation in its price in the international markets,” she said. Though the
Director Valuation Rashid holds meetings to determine values of ink, auto parts scrap, tractor parts
views of various stakeholders could differ widely the Directorate does its best to determine or redetermine the values. “Customs value of an imported item as per the laid down procedure and though a decision may not satisfy all of the stakeholders it certainly satisPies the majority of them", she added. "The Directorate General of Customs Valuation plays a vital role to safeguard the revenues by ensuring uniformity and neutrality of valuation practices across the country, providing assistance and advice to the Pield formations and putting into place dispute resolution mechanism with respect to valuation of goods". Meanwhile, Director Directorate General of Customs Valuation Abdul Rashid Sheikh chaired three separate meetings with the stakeholders to discuss the concerns of stakeholders in an exercise to help determine the Customs Valuation of Ink, Auto Parts Scrap and Tractor Parts. Talking to Customs Today after the meeting, senior vice president of Sindh Auto Parts Scrap Importers & Dealers Association (SAPSIDA) Ashraf Qureshi said that scrap auto parts imports are subjected to an excessive duty of 35 percent which is 10 percent over and above the 25 percent maximum duty on any other imports.
The NLC sources said that the port has a great potential and the NLC would do its utmost to exploit the potential, putting all possible efforts and using all the available resources. Lauding the service, Lahore Customs Clearing Agents Association President Agha Iftikhar told Customs Today, “Initially, we have been facing container fare issue with the cell. The rates offered by the cell are not affordable.” He added that a meeting between the association and NLC has been arranged in this regard. He hoped that the issue would be resolved in the meeting, adding that it would be feasible for both traders and NLC. He said that NLC has set Rs 80,000 fare for a 20-feet container while 40-feet container will be carried for Rs 1,25,000. “While we have demanded Rs 80,000 for a 40-feet container and Rs 55,000 for 20-feet container.” The Customs top ofPicials have also praised the move. A customs ofPicial said that the provision of the service was a welcome step. He said that this would give boost to the business activities at the port which would not only increase revenue, but also generate jobs at the port. Around Pive months back Pakistan Railways (PR) Minister Saad RaPique had managed to arrange the freighttrain service for imports and exports from the Mughalpura Dry Port. The minister had said the freight trains would not be discontinued and more trains would be added for this purpose.
customs seizes cloth, tyres he Model Customs Collectorate Sialkot Intelligence and Investigation wing has seized as many as three trucks carrying the smuggled items and six luxury vehicles. As per detail, the customs intelligence seized smuggled Iranian ceramic tiles worth Rs 1.2 million, tyres worth Rs 1.2 million, Chinese cloth worth Rs 0.5 million, LEDs and imported auto parts worth Rs 0.8 million while checking the detained trucks at check post near Chenab River bridge. On the other hand, customs also arrested a trader Jehanzaib after getting smuggled clothWorth Rs 1.6 million from his car at Sialkot-Gujranwala road check post. Customs has sent the accused behind the bars and has started investigations, after lodging a case against him.The customs intelligence has impounded as many as six smuggled luxury vehicles. Sialkot Collector Customs Qurban Ali Khan vowed to launch crackdown against smuggled luxury vehicles in Sialkot region very soon. —CT Report
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ISLAMABAD: Member of Federal Board of Revenue Muhammad Ashraf and Director General Customs Intelligence and Investigation Lattifullah Virk called on in the Senate’s Standing Committee on Revenue and gave a briefing on tax refunds and Afghan transit trade. In the meeting, Virk also informed the committee about the seized Afghan consignments and method of their clearance. On the other hand, the issue of refund is still pending.
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www.customstoday.com ederal Board of Revenue should release the duty drawback, sales tax and income tax refunds of importers and exporters timely. As per details, a meeting was held at Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) in which traders said that business community has been facing financial crunch due to delay in refunds by FBR. They revealed that they could not get the duty drawback, income tax and sales tax refunds for ten months. They have urged the government to simplify the tax collection system to facilitate the business community. They suggested that government should allocate Research and Development funds to upgrade the export oriented industries. Sialkot exporters, industrialists and traders also said, the encouragement by government was vital for business community as it built trust worthy atmosphere among the traders They demanded reduction in mark up ratio on loans from persisting 7.5 percent to 3 or 4percent for flourishing the national exports The Sialkot traders including Muhammad Ishaq Butt, Dr. Sarfraz Bashir, Mian Muhammad Anwar, Khawar Anwar Khawaja, Dr. Nouman Idrees, Ch. Ghulam Mustafa, Sheikh Abdul Waheed Sandal , Sheikh Muhammad Yaqub, Muhammad Younas , Sheikh Ejaz Ahmed Jammu, Muhammad Haneef Khan and others attended the meeting at SCCI.
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akistan as always remains the shortest, the most economical and the most secure Transit Trade corridor for landlocked Afghanistan, Director General of Directorate Transit Trade, Khawar Farid said. Talking exclusively to Customs Today, Khawar Farid Maneka said that Pakistan is so strategically placed; it is in-fact in the middle of huge industrial and consumer market with India on one side and Central Asian Republics, Afghanistan and China on the other. The development of Gwadar Port, the fully automated Port Muhammad Bin Qasim, suitably developed road network including Motorway from Lahore to Islamabad, the upgraded Karakoram Highway and an exclusive Directorate General to facilitate Transit Trade have cumulatively made Pakistan a most modern state suitable for Transit Trade, he added. "There are unconPirmed reports that a lot of trade diversion is talking place at the cost of Pakistan and to the benePit of Iran," Mr. Maneka said. These reports, he added, need to be analyzed in depth because the trend shows that there is an upsurge in transit cargo through Pakistan due to several initiatives taken by the Directorate as well as the Federal Board of Revenue. The apparent reasons for the increase in Transit Trade could be attributed to a number of initiatives taken by the Directorate. These include transparent and efPicient ad-
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ministrative procedures adopted; better clearance facilities after the launch of WeBOC and the reduction in dwell time, the DG TT said. Ever since its inception, the Directorate has been maintaining active proPile of major commodities passing through the territory of Pakistan as cargo-in-transit heading to/from Afghanistan. The idea is to have in place efPicient and administrative procedures to provide safe passageway to transit cargo besides protecting domestic markets from unlawful fall-out of transit goods through enroute pilferage/theft, Mr. Maneka
elaborated. With this mind, he continued, the Directorate is effectively utilizing Tracking & Monitoring function and carrying out regular reconciliation exercises as well as remaining constantly in touch with Afghan Customs authorities for updating requisite cross-border documentation. Asked about the status of establishing Border Complexes at Torkham and Chaman, Mr. Maneka informed CT that a Committee has already being formed by the Prime Minister. Chairman FBR, Secretary Defence and Secretary Commerce are Mem-
bers of this high level Committee and it has already visted the site at Torkham and Chaman and an elaborate presentation on the project was given by the ofPicials of the Asian Development Bank, has agreed to extend the necessary funds, as well as the Frontier Corps Balochitan. The plan of the project is in concluding phase, Mr. Maneka added, while the FBR has also designated focal persons as contact persons to liaison with the consultants of the ADB. The focal persons include Deputy Collector MCC Quetta Ahsanullah Shah; Additional Collector MCC Peshawar Malik Kamran Azim Khan; Additional Director Directorate of Transit Trade Karachi Chaudhary Muhammad Javed and Deputy Collector MCC Preventive Peshawar and they would liaise with the ADB authorities. Asked about the status of export of Afghan Transit cargo in open truck after the expiry of concessionary three-year period ended on June 13, 2014 although the concession given to Afghan exporters, Mr. Maneka said that the renewal of the concession will be considered in the upcoming APTTCA (Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Trade Coordinating Authority) shortly. Meanwhile, the testing of the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in WeBOC has been successfully completed, high placed sources in the Directorate General of Reforms and Automation told Customs Today. It may be mentioned that the absence of WeBOC interface with TPL, the private company installing the tracker system to monitor the movement of all containerized cargoes to Afghanistan on bonded carriers, was one of the issue that came under discussion.
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customs & taxation court to get judge this week
KARACHI: The Special Customs and Taxation Court is expected to have a judge this week, informed sources told Customs Today on Monday. The slot is lying vacant for exactly a month with the retirement of Soofia Latif. Despite the fact that Court is without judge, a cause list of cases for Monday (November 10) was displayed on the wall outside the Court showing a list of a total of 20 cases including 17 for the recording of prosecution evidence and four bail and bail confirmation applications.
Aib starts recoveries on misusing of SRo551(i)/2008 KARACHI
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BR Union has sent some proposals to the Tax Reform Commission (TRC), in which it said that the Board can generate revenue equal to the total volume of federal budget i.e. Rs4,300 billion through imposition of wealth tax and implementation of agri tax. FBR Union President Mian Abdul Qayyum, in the letter, said that though FBR could not ensure full recovery of billions of rupees worth income tax, sales tax and customs duty due to influential politicians and bureaucracy, it had already been contributing around 70pc of total budget.There would be no need to approachWorld Bank or IMF for monetary assistance, if these taxes were imposed, he added. —CT Report
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Appraisement-West scrutinises import data in clearance of steel he Appraising Intelligence Branch (AIB) of Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement-West has detected a high profile case of tax evasion in which inappropriate valuation ruling was being applied on clearance of steel and iron consignments, it is learnt. According to details, the AIB/R&D of the MCC-Appraisement-West, on a secret information, scrutinised the import data in clearance of steel and iron consignments imported from China. Sources informed CustomsToday that the AIB authorities have written letters to the MCC Lahore, MCC Faisalabad and MCC Peshawar for scrutinising the import data of iron and steel consignments.To a query, the sources said that the Collector MCC Appraisement-West Muhammad Saleem has clear directives to AIB/R&D department to scrutinise the at least one year clearance data of iron/steel imported from China. —CT Report
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collector Muhammad Saleem Muhammad Saleem has started a crackdown operation against the importers of pharmaceuticals raw material, who was misusing the SRO551 in clearance of Pharma raw material under PCT Headings 2933.5940 and 2933.5990. Sources informed Customs Today that the scrutiny of the import data of the clearance of pharmaceutical raw material is underway and more recoveries were likely to be expected from importers who have misused the SRO551(I)/2008. Meanwhile, the Appraising Intelligence Branch (AIB) of Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement (West) while following the directives of Collector Muhammad Saleem has started the veriPication process of the previous data of the clearance of the consignments of “Glass Mirror”, it was reliably learnt here. The sources informed Customs Today that the complaints had been
he dispute between two gigantic federal organizations - Pakistan Customs and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) - is likely to end in upcoming days, as the Sindh High Court (SHC) has finally reserved the verdict into the case contesting between these two federal entities on taxation issue. As per details, Pakistan Customs had raised demand of over Rs 1 billion in share of sales tax against the PIA, Shaheen Air International and Air Blue, on which airlines moved to the court. SHC Judge Muneeb Akhtar after hearing the view points of legal team of both the contenders i.e. Pakistan Customs and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), previous week had reserved the verdict for indefinite period. The sources informed Customs Today that the SHC would release its verdict into the said case in next few weeks. It may be mentioned here that both the federal organizations a year ago moved the court over taxation issue in which the Pakistan Customs was of the view that the PIA and other private airlines i.e. Air Blue and Shaheen International Airlines were not paying billions of rupees legitimate leviable taxes to the federation for last three years or so. However, the airlines authorities were of the view that the leviable taxes were not implemented on them as they are not importing the airbuses and aircraft, but taking them on lease from United Kingdom, Canada and other foreign countries, so that the tax ratio was not implemented on them. Although, the Customs authorities informed the court that the same legitimate taxes had been paid by those international airlines that are PIA, Air Blue and Shaheen Air International till the year 2011 and afterwards, the said airlines were not paying the leviable taxes to the federation. —CT Report
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he Appraising Intelligence Branch (AIB) of Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement-West has been continuing its recovery process from the importers in connection with the misusing of SRO551(I)/2008. In its untiring efforts, the ofPicials of the AIB MCC Appraisement-West have recovered an amount to the tune of Rs0.35 million from different importers for misusing the SRO551(I)/2008 in clearance of Pharma raw material under declared PCT heading 2933.5940 and 2933.5990. The AIB/R&D of MCC-Appraisement West through demand notices has recovered Rs 0.12 million from the importer M/s Prix Pharmaceutical in misdeclaration of duty/taxes in Goods Declaration No: KAPW-HC165763. The AIB also recovered the legitimate duty/taxes of Rs 0.118 million from the importer Epharm in the alleged involvement of misdeclaration in clearance of the pharmaceutical raw material under SRO551(I)/2008 through GD No: KAPW-HC-147379. The AIB has also recovered an amount of Rs 0.115 million from the same importer i.e. M/s Epharm in its alleged involvement in clearance of Pharma raw material through GD No: KAPW-HC-82241. The AIB/R&D of MCC Appraisement-West has already recovered an amount of Rs 2.3million from the importer Standpharm in clearance of Ibuprofen through misusing of SRO551(I)/2008. It is pertinent to mention here that the AIB/R&D on the directives of Collector-MCC Appraisement
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pouring in the OfPice of Collector Saleem in which it was revealed that the huge amount of tax evasion was reported in the clearance of glassmirror which is affecting the national exchequer to some extent. Reacting upon the complaints, Collector Muhammad Saleem directed the authorities concerned of the ABI/R&D Branch to scrutinize the import data of the past clearance of glass-mirror. The sources further informed this scribe that the AIB authorities have started to scrutinize the imported data of glass-mirror and the entire process would be completed in a week or so. To a query, the sources revealed that the demand notices for recovering the evaded amount would be issued against the importers who are found involved in evading the duty/taxes in clearance of the consignments of glass-mirror.
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perationalisation issues of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) are negatively affecting the positive yields of the contract of afrieghtment (COA) with the Pakistan State Oil. The PNSC and PSO entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in August 2012 and thereafter, signed a Contract of Afreightment (COA) after two months, i.e in October, followed by an Addendum in January last year. However, a well placed source at PNSC, revealed to this scribe here on the other day that issues pertaining to the opera-
tionalization of the Shipping Corporation had proved real hurdle in bringing yields of the said COA. The COA was stated to be “evergreen” but at the same time was valid for a period of three years and then automatically extended for another period of three years with mutual consent unless a notice of termination is .served. “As per COA, PNSC had to transport PSO’s Furnace Oil in an estimated quantity of three million tonnes per annum (MTPA) plus/minus 10% which after the Addendum was extended to include transportation of Motor Gasoline (estimated quantity of 1MTPA) and Low Sulphur Fuel Oil,” the source added. However, the source said that inefPiciency on the part of PNSC
as well as lack of vessels and ill equipped vessels chartered by PNSC, both the signatories had faced numerous difPiculties and issues,” the source added. It is worth mentioning that COA between PSO and PNSC was signed to promote local shipping industry including but not limited to shipping agencies, shipping lines would Plourish and was in lieu with the decision of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, however, various parties several challenged the awarding of the COA at Sindh High Court on the ground of lack of procurement process being followed as per the PPRA Ordinance, 2002 and Public Procurement Rules, 2004 was raised, but PSO and PNSC being Re-
spondents in the said Petition also made their respective submissions and those have been reserved by the court orders. It is pertinent to note here that PNSC is the national Plag carrier managing a Pleet of 08 vessels, with head ofPice in Karachi. A regional ofPice based in Lahore caters for upcountry shipping requirements. The Corporation also has an extensive overseas network of agents looking after its world-wide shipping business. Likewise, the PSO is the largest OMC in the country, with a market share of over 60% of the total oil market, serves a multitude of customers across the retail, power, agriculture, aviation, marine and defence sectors.
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EDULJEE DINSHAW ROAD IN FRONT OF CUSTOMS HOUSE TO
BEAUTIFYCITY collector Mcc-preventive S M tariq Huda says monuments like Karachi port trust building and imperial customs House are attraction for tourists
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indh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan as a chief guest attended the simple but sophisticated ground-breaking ceremony of Eduljee Dinshaw Road Project, organised by MCC-Preventive of Pakistan Customs in front of Old Customs House Building. Chief Collector-Enforcement (South) Muhammad Nazim Saleem, Chief Collector-Appraisement (South) Nasir Masroor Ahmed, Collector-MCC Preventive Syed Muhammad Tariq Huda, Collector-MCC Appraisement (West) Muhammad Saleem, Collector-MCC Appraisement (East) Najeeb-ur-Rehman Abbasi, Collector-MCC Port Muhammad Bin Qasim Surriya Butt, Collector Adjudication-II Ahmed Mujtaba Memon, Director Customs Intelligence Asif Marghoob Siddiqui, Commission Karachi Shaoib Ahmed Siddiqui, Commander Karachi Pakistan Navy Arifullah, Administrator Karachi Rauf Akhtar Farooqui, additional collectors, customs ofPicials and other no-
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tables and dignitaries were also present on the occasion. Addressing the gathering, Ebad said that the renovation project of Eduljee Dinshaw Road would prove the stepping stone for cultural revival of Karachi, adding that it is project based on a public-private partnership in order to beautify the face of city. Sindh Governor further said that the project will helps the people of Karachi downtown areas and also create livelihood opportunities for the people of neighboring areas. “After the completion of said renovation project, the people would spend their leisure time here in the evening,” he added. On the occasion, Sindh Governor further informed that the federal and provincial governments both have equal contribution in uplifting the image of Karachi and efforts like this would also be continued in the future as well. Ebad further said that the second phase of the project is to construct playgrounds and introduce other amusement activities in that particular area. “Revival of Impress Market and its adjacent areas is still continuing and those uplift projects would be com-
pleted soon,” he added. Collector MCC-Preventive S M Tariq Huda in his welcome address said that it was a proud moment for Pakistan Customs to hosting such marvelous ceremony. “Those monuments like Karachi Port Trust (KPT) Building and Imperial Custom House Building are the tourists’ attraction”, he added.
Collector MCC-Preventive asserted that the Karachi City is a gem in the crown of Pakistan and its development would play a signiPicant role in the progress of the country. “The city is collecting 70per cent of the total revenue and 50per cent of the total bank deposit of the country”, he added. Tariq Huda further declared that the starting of the said project
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was just a humble effort by Pakistan Customs, as the Karachi gives us a lot. On the occasion, Collector-MCC Preventive said that the team is with Sindh Governor, who approved the said project in just half an hour for the betterment of the people. Commissioner Shaoib Ahmed Siddiqui said that the Karachi administration has done a lot in the Pield of de-
velopment with the cooperation of Governor. Later, the Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan unveiled the plaque and sapling a tree at the ground breaking ceremony. On the occasion, Chief CollectorEnforcement (South) Muhammad Nazim Saleem awarded a souvenir of the Pakistan Customs Services to the governor.
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A question of integrity ccording to newspaper reports, an Integrity and Performance Management Unit has been set up in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to evaluate integrity and performance of all the board employees and identify corrupt elements within the ranks of the junior and senior officials. The unit will be bound to present its report to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman while the heads of the field formations will conduct the performance evaluation of the officials up to grade 19. The appraisal will cover various aspects of the employees’ performance, including their ability to carry out day to day functions, their capacity and compliance to work within the rules and regulations of the board, and how much they are efficient and transparent in their work. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has also set up integrity management and performance evaluation cells under the supervision of grade 20 officials. However, the FBR chairman and the board in council will evaluate the performance of the officials of grade 21 and 22. A code of conduct will also be devised for the FBR officials to take action against those involved in misconduct, corruption, and negligence. The initiative to set up the Integrity and Performance Management Unit has been taken by FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa to bring the corrupt elements to book. The unit has been established in the HRM Wing of FBR Headquarters due to the fact that HRM already deals with performance allowance of the employees. It is a good omen that the FBR itself has started a move topurge the department of the corrupt elements and keep up the values of its staff by holding internal control and accountability system. The FBR are is a prime institution of the country and a major source of internal revenue,therefore, it should be a role model for other departments which are sinking in corruption and mismanagement. The unit will not only prod its staff to work efficiently, but also improve the overall image of the department. The FBR chairman will have a mandate to order inquiry against any official allegedly involved in corruption.
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extile industry is the backbone of the national economy,contributing nearly one-fourth of the industrial value addition, 8 percent of the gross domestic product and 55 percent of the overall exports. At least 40 percent of the industrial workforce is associated with this industry, but declining trends in the export of cotton products call for the introduction of a new textile policy to save this vital sector of the economy from crisis. According to reports, the textile ministry is envisaging billions of dollars bailout package for the industry to multiply textile exports from the current $13 billion to $26 billion within the next five years. A revised draft of the textile policy is expected be taken up in the next
meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee to be held on November 21. The new textile policy, which will cover the period between 2014 and 2019, is likely to generate three million jobs and 100 percent boost in the industrial activities. It is also expected that the value addition of per million bale will be doubledfrom $1 billion to $2 billion as billions of dollars domestic and foreign investment is expected in this sector. The liabilities of the previous textile policy stand at Rs 47 billion which are expected to be increased to Rs 83 billion in the new policy. However, the industry so far could not fully exploited the GSP plus status due to energy crisis in in the country. Pakistan is still lagging behind various developing countries in the use of technology in the industrial sector, which affects not only the volume and cost of production but also causes
there is a need to develop fully-secured textile cities in the cotton producing regions of the country
wastage of energy and resources. There is a need to develop fully secured textile cities in the cotton producing regions of the country with tax-free regime to attract foreign investment. The industries in the textile cities should be fully protected by the constitution with employment opportunities within the ambits of the international laws and the International Labour Organisation. Unless an investment-friendly environment is created, infrastructure is established and an open arms invitation is given to the international investors, the dream of a developed Pakistan will be hard to achieve. It is unfortunate that our political leadership invites the foreign investors by spending millions of dollars on advertisements and conferences, but without providing them a space, infrastructure and security to set up industries.
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NOVEMBER 18 - NOVEMBER 24, 2014
ASo impounds toyota celica in Sahiwal
MULTAN: The Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) has seized a sports vehicle Toyota Celica. The ASO seized the sports vehicle (RT-630 Islamabad) from Sahiwal during a routine inspection. Deputy Superintendent Syed Ghulam Raza Shah along with Haq Nawaz seized the vehicle after the owner failed to present documents. The vehicle was in Islamabad for the last few months.
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customs intelligence traces 6,047 non-customs electronics ISLAMABAD
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hile probing into TCS and Smart Zone case, the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Rawalpindi Directorate has prepared a contravention report after tracing the noncustoms paid 6,047 electronics delivered to various shops before a raid on TCS warehouses. TCS has also confirmed the report. The report has slapped Rs 50.87 million taxes and duties on these items. According to sources, 6047 items worth Rs 78.77 million were delivered to various electronics shops in Karachi, Multan, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Chakwal and Islamabad via TCS. The stores which received the goods include Friends Corporation Rawalpindi, Electric City Rawalpindi, Arshad Electronics Lahore Abid Market, Shan Electronics Aslam Market Jhang, Ayaz Electronics Multan, Mashallah Electronics Multan, New Farooq Electronics Faisalabad, Afzal Corporation Karachi and Islamabad. Among the 6047 items 5635 air conditioners, 12 LED wall brackets, 63 refrigerators, 45 LEDs (40 inch), 46 LEDs (46 inch), a 65 inch LED and 244 washing machines. Rs 3.07 million additional tax, Rs 19.69 million customs duty, 17.40 million sales tax and Rs 6.75 million withholding tax have been slapped on the 6047 items.
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Appraisement-East releases auto parts consignments on SHC orders collectorate collects over Rs 5.18b during first 10 days of november KARACHI
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he Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) of Appraisement-East has released the detained consignments of auto parts on Sindh High Court (SHC) orders. According to details, the SHC had issued contempt notices against Collector MCC Appraisement-East Najeeb-ur-Rehman Abbasi, Deputy Collector (R&D) Rizwan Mehmood and appraiser Dost Muhammad for not releasing auto parts consignments despite the court orders. The SHC had asked the Collector MCC Appraisement-East, Deputy Collector (R&D) Rizwan Mehmood and appraiser Dost Muhammad to appear before court on Oct, 24. Later on, the appraisers Dost Muhammad complied with the court orders and released the consignments. It is pertinent to mention here that the importers of automobiles spare parts had moved the SHC a few months ago after the authorities concerned detected alleged tax evasion to the tune of Rs 80 million. However, the court ordered the Customs authorities to release the consignments without taking any differential amount. Meanwhile, the Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement- East collected a revenue of over Rs 5,185 million during the Pirst 10 days of
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Appraisement-East starts verifying clearance data of pharmaceuticals cleared under SRO 551(I)/2008 November. The Collectorate collected Rs 1,359 million under the head of Customs Duty; Rs 2,858 million in Sales Tax, Rs 942 million in Withholding
Tax and Rs 26 million under the head of Federal Excise Duty. During July 1, 2014; the Pirst day of the present Piscal year, and November 10 MCC of Appraisement-East has collected
Appeal to resolve water tariff issue To,
Khurram Dastgir, Federal Minister for Commerce, Govt of Pakistan, Islamabad Respected Sir,
I would like to draw your kind attention towards a sensitive issue pertaining to the inPlated water tariff of R 204 per thousand gallons for the industrial consumers which is the highest among all provinces and ultimately affects the industrial sector of the country, particularly Karachi, as considered to be the economical hub of the country. The lethargic approach of Chairman Karachi Water & Sewerage Board (KWSB) and provincial minister for Local Bodies & Information Sharjeel Inam Memon, compelled
over Rs 76.69 billion under all the four heads mentioned above. The Collectorate exceeded Custom Duty, Sales Tax and Witholding Tax targets during the Pirst four months ended October 31 by 3, 7 and 6 percent. Meanwhile, the Research and Development (R&D) Section of MCCAppraisement (East) while following the directives of Collector Najeeb-ur-Rehman Abbasi has started to verify the previous data of pharmaceuticals, which have been cleared under SRO 551(I)/2008, it was learnt here. The sources informed Customs Today that the R&D Section is verifying the clearance data of the pharmaceuticals, which have been cleared during last two years under SRO551(I)/2008. They further said that the main aim for verifying the clearance data is to scrutinize whether the importers were cleared their consignments legally or involved in any attempt of tax evasion. “If any of the importer of the pharmaceutical would be involved in misusing/violating the SRO551(I)/2008; then the R&D Section would raised recovery demand against that importer”, they added. They further said that the ofPicials of R&D Section have started to scrutinize the data and the entire process would be completed in a week or so. AIB of MCC-Appraisement (West) has found several importers involved in misusing the SRO551(I)/2008. The AIB of MCCAppraisement (West) has also recovered an amount of Rs2.3m.
me to present the grievances of the industrial sectors regarding the high water tariff before you. The increased water tariff without taking the industrialists and heads of the zones into conPidence will dePinitely affect the production and cost of doing business as the water tariff had already been increased twice in this year. Therefore, we request you to consider the matter and play your due role in resolving the matter on war footing. We are hopeful that you will take appropriate measures in this regard and ask the provincial authorities to consult with the heads of all industrial zones in this regard. Yours’ Truly, Jawed Bilwani, Chairman SITE Association, Karachi
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NOVEMBER 18 - NOVEMBER 24, 2014
Anti-Smuggling Department seizes non-custom paid vehicle
FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Department of Model Customs Collector (MCC) has seized a noncustoms paid vehicle worth Rs 1 million from Millat Road, Faisalabad. Tanveer Ahmad, Senior Custom Inspector, told Customs Today, “We were on patrolling duty when we recovered the three-door Toyota Prado model 1993.” He added that the department has taken the vehicle into custody and registered a case.
KARAcHi: Chief CollectorEnforcement (South) Muhammad Nazim Saleem awards souvenir of Pakistan Customs Services to Sindh Governor Eshratul Ebad.
KARAcHi: TDAP CEO SM Muneer attends a meeting at a local hotel.
iSlAMAbAD: FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa shakes hands with US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson.
CollectorRanjhaadjournstaxevasioncaseofSMFoodCompany MULTAN
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ollector Adjudication Saleem Ahmad Ranjha adjourned for an indePinite period the misdeclaration of customs duty evasion case of Rs 4.7 million by Saim Mobeen Food Maker Company. The food company was allegedly involved in the misdeclaration of imported steel iron rods used in baking of biscuits. The company has moved an application for the veriPication of invoices with original invoices from the Karachi Port Qasim provided by the Customs Intelligence and Investigation. The invoices recovered by the Customs Intelligence and Investigation will be matched with the in-
voices presented at the Karachi Port Qasim for clearance of their goods declaration. On the hearing, the food company’s lawyer gave arguments about the import invoices and asked for their veriPication. Food company owner ZulPiqar Anjum and manager Waseem Shehzad are implicated in the case. The food company has evaded customs duty worth Rs 4.7 million through misdeclaration of imported goods by presenting an invoice of 12700 euros instead of 127,000 euros. Both ZulPiqar Anjum and Waseem Shehzad got bail on the submission of principal amount worth Rs 4.7 million in the Special Court Customs Lahore. Collector Adjudication Saleem Ahmad Ranjha will decide the case after the veriPication of the invoices.
case of seized lexus gets remanded back to customs Adjudication
If the invoices are failed to prove them innocent the imported steel iron rods will be conPiscated. Meanwhile, the case of a seized Lexus vehicle worth Rs 7.5 million has been remanded back to the Customs Adjudication on the owner’s request. The vehicle (LX-470) was seized in 2012 and the case was also decided last year, but the adjudication remanded it back on the owner’s request. The collector adjudication has granted the remand for the further proceedings of the seized vehicle. The non-customs paid vehicle was seized in a crackdown on 28 November 2012. The customs duty on the vehicle is almost Rs 18 million and the customs adjudication will re-decide the case. Meanwhile, the Excise and Taxation Department has so far not been able to computerise the
property record. Excise and Taxation Secretary Khalid Masood Khan has directed officials to issue property tax manually in this regard. The department has announced a few months ago to initiate the digital computerised process of land revenue record but failed to do so after spending huge amount on the project. Multan, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Lahore initiate the project to transfer land record on computer but the plan failed due to lack of proper planning. The Excise and Taxation Department has spent millions of rupees on the project, but it has gained no output. Now the Excise and Taxation Department has decided to issue property tax notices manually due to lack of efPiciency to computerise land record.
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NOVEMBER 18 - NOVEMBER 24, 2014
fc seizes 45,000 litres of iranian diesel, petrol
LAHORE: The Frontier Corps Quetta recovered thousands of litres of smuggled Iranian diesel and petrol from two separate areas. Sources said about 30,000 litres of smuggled Iranian diesel and 15,000 litres of petrol were recovered by the FC personnel. No arrest was reported.
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he Model Customs Collectorate Islamabad is showing exemplary performance in the current Piscal year. The collectorate has collected total revenue Rs 1065.83 million under the heads of duties and taxes in October 2014 which is Rs 448.96 more than October's target of Rs 616.87 and it is 87 percent more than the last year's revenue. The collectorate has gathered Rs 361.09 million which is Rs 125.57 more as compared to last year’s Rs 235.52 million. During the last Piscal year, the MCC had collected Rs 173.09 million as compared to Rs 188 million in the same period. According to the monthly performance report, in the same period of last Piscal year Rs 495.57 million were collected as compared to Rs 570.26 million. The collectorate had collected Rs 4,245.12 million as compared to Rs 1,861 million in
the Pirst quarter of Piscal year, which is 123 percent more than the target. The MCC is a step ahead of its target. In July, the MCC collected Rs 1,223.67 million as compared to Rs 530 million of the same period of last Piscal year. In August, Rs 778.21
million collected as compared to Rs 1,284.54 million, in September Rs 1,636.92 million than Rs 552.87 million revenue was collected. Under the head of customs duty, Rs 328.09 million was collected as compared to Rs 181.15 million, in August Rs 389.23 million than Rs
FBR to start hiring soon
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he Federal Board of Revenue has decided to infuse the department with fresh blood in the upcoming two months. Seeking anonymity, an ofPicial in the Regional Tax OfPice said the Federal Board of Revenue would announce hiring in the upcoming months. He said the Federal Board of Revenue
was facing an acute shortage of staff in almost all ofPices across Pakistan. The Federal Board of Revenue head ofPice had received several letters from various ofPices in this regard. Two months ago the Federal Board of Revenue opened the hiring, but the process was closed for reasons unknown. Federal Board of Revenue Assistant Commissioner IR told Customs Today, "We have only been given a hint that hiring will start in the upcoming two months. Ads will be published in this regard and all inductions will be made purely on merit."
216.86 million and in September Rs 553 million revenue was collected as compared to Rs 230.68 million earned in the same month of previous year. Meanwhile, the Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) of Islamabad seized 1,200 kg opium worth Rs
5.4 million in different raids during October. Moreover, MCC Islamabad has recovered 12 vehicles, two nonduty paid cars, spare parts and other goods of millions of rupees in different raids during last month.
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KtbA writes to fbR about 34% tax rate for companies in e-filing portal
KARACHI: The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has written a letter to FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa regarding 34 percent tax rate for companies in e-filing portal. According to law, banks are supposed to pay 35 percent tax. Karachi Tax Bar Association President Waseem Hashmi has requested the FBR chairman to resolve the issue as soon as possible. The Karachi Tax Bar Association has once again raised the matter related to income tax returns collected by individuals and companies and asked the FBR to take measures for this purpose.
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n the wake of ongoing developments and seriousness of challenges confronted by Pakistan on both the foreign and domestic trade, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is looking for some competent and experienced ofPicer to bridge the vacuum emerged following transfer of Additional Secretary Fazal Abbas Maken. Abbas has been taking care of Ministry’s affairs pertaining to local and international trade as well as executed responsibilities as focal person and now transferred to the . He had also represented the MoC on numerous international platforms and played key role in the execution and Pinalization of terms of references
of trade agreements with friendly countries. “Presently, MoC is carrying forward a process of interactions and interviews of desirous ofPicers to be appointed on the said post,” a well placed source at MoC told this scribe here on Tuesday. “Since the slot of the said Additional Secretary is of a technical nature because the holder of this post has to hold lengthy discussions and debates and go through trade treaties along with hectic ofPicial work, therefore, MoC is looking for some hardworking self motivated ofPicer to carry forward the agenda of increasing exports as well
as searching for new markets in the world for Pakistani products,” the source observed. The source said that among others, a Customs OfPicer Ms Rubina Athar is one of the leading contenders because she had also served at MoC as joint secretary, however, some other additional secretaries were also in the run for the post. In August 2014, FBR had transferred MS Rubina Athar (Pakistan Customs Service/ BS-21) from Director General Directorate General IPR Enforcement & Research (Customs), Islamabad and posted as
customs officer Rubina Athar is one of the leading contenders
Director General Directorate General of Customs Valuation, Karachi. The source said that being focal person Abbas had been quite friendly with media persons and was easy accessible for media for comments and guidance on numerous ongoing issues related to MoC, therefore, some hurdles and hardships were quite imminent with the posting of any new person at this post. Moreover, the source said that MoC was carrying on numerous exercises namely assessment regarding implementation of previous trade policy as well as preparing guidelines for next trade policy. Similarly, MoC was striving for opening up new trade markets and partners across the globe, signing of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs), Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), getting Land Port Authority (LPA) enacted and several others. Therefore, it would not be an easy job for any newly appointed ofPicers to handle all these issues at the same time.
fbR to settle down low growth in provincial tax revenues
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BR has expectations that low growth in provincial tax revenues will settle down after witnessing an initial spurt following the devolution of sales tax collection. “The FBR was concerned over the low growth in provincial tax collection after rising substantially in the previous year, the pace of tax collection weakened in third quarter of the current fiscal year; July-March 2014 because individual provinces, tax receipts by Sindh and the Punjab posted a sharp slowdown during this period,”
a well placed official source at FBR told this scribe. However, the source said that collections by KPK almost doubled in JulMar FY14, due to the establishment of KPK Revenue Authority in August 2013. “FBR believes the improvement in tax administration and widening the tax base, can lead to a significant increase in provincial tax receipts,” the source added saying that an analytical view of details of taxable services under Second Schedule of the Sindh Sales Tax on services Act, 2011; First & Second Schedule of the Punjab Sales Tax Act on services Act 2012 in Sindh and the Punjab provided some important insights in this regard.
Under 7th NFC Award, 57.5% of total tax revenue were transferable to provinces
The source said that there was 16% General Sales Tax (GST) on services in Punjab and Sindh while it was 17 % in the rest of the country as well as the base of sales tax on services was wider in Sindh (150 services) compared to the Punjab (105 services). Moreover the source said that scope of telecommunication services was much broader in Sindh, with 65 services in the tax net, as compared to 29 in the Punjab and services provided by the financial sector, hotels, restaurants, advertising agencies, professional and consultants, and couriers, were almost fully covered in both these provinces.
“The growth in cumulative provincial tax revenues fell from 90.1 percent in Jul-Mar FY13 to 24.3 percent in Jul-Mar FY14,” the source added, saying that tax collection by Sindh and Punjab had 91.9% share in overall provincial tax collection in Jul-Mar FY14. “The tax net can be enhanced by expanding the coverage to untaxed services,” the source suggested that there was a significant scope for widening the tax base on services for GST collection at the provincial level. The source said that under the 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) award, 57.5% of total tax revenue were transferable to provinces.
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