KARACHI: The Directorate of Internal Audit – Customs has pointed several acts of omissions on the part of MCC Exports Port Qasim, which caused losses to the national exchequer.
The Audit Team comprising Deputy Director Ghulam Haider Mahesar, Assistant Director Laeq Hasan and Deputy Superintendent Shaikh Mansur scrutinized the DTRE Audit cases.
The Aduti Team observed after scrutiny of the statement of DTRE audit cases that a number of 80 cases involving remission of duty & taxes of Rs.925.647 million are still pending at DTRE Audit Section since long under which reconciliation statement already filed. However Collectorate have failed to complete the DTRE audit within mandatory period and cases are pending without assigning any cogent reasons.
MCC Export (Port Qasim) Karachi is required to justify this omission and complete the mandatory DTRE Audit and share the outcome of the mandatory post exportation audit to the Directorate of Internal Audit within one month.
It was observed that M/s. Pak Petrochemical Industries (Pvt) Limited a DTRE user deposited Duty & Taxes & Default Surcharge but Withholding Tax remitted in the above DTRE was not realized. Collectorate should further scrutinize the issue to determine the exact liability of revenue if any. MCC Export (Port Qasim) is required to justify this omission or effect the recovery. Internal Audit irregularities in the case of another DTRE user M/s. Younus Textile Mills. MCC Exports Port Qasim also failed to collect penalty imposed on another DTRE user M/s Sadruddin.
According to proviso of Rule 299 of Customs Rules 2001 regulatory Collector shall allow provisional approval of the quantity applied by the exporter which shall not be exceeded 25 percent of the applied quantity.
Scrutiny of file in respect of M/s. Clarinet Chemical (Pvt) Ltd revealed that Regulatory Collectorate, ignoring the above mandatory provision, issued provisionally approval of 50 percent of the quantity applied by DTRE user. The act of the Collectorate is beyond mandatory provisions of aforesaid rule and it cannot say lawful action. MCC Export (Port Qasim) is required to justify this omission to Internal Audit.