KARACHI: Customs Agents Alliance has succeeded with a big margin for the term 2012-13 in the Karachi Customs Agents Association (KCAA) election held on Tuesday. According to details, the alliance supported by customs agents leader Javed Hashmi secured 534 votes whereas the opponent penal Customs Businessmen Group managed 350 votes…. Continue reading
KARACHI: Pakistan customs has initiated inquiry against its officials for issuing clearance to alleged infected imported sheep from Australia. The preliminary reports suggested that customs officials had cleared the sheep as per prevailing laws for imported goods, said an official on Wednesday. Pakistan customs constituted a two-member committee to look… Continue reading
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate of PaCCS, Karachi has proposed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to create a free Sales Tax Registration Number (STRN) for the issuance of WeBOC user identification in cases of those taxpayers not liable to be registered. According to details Karachi Customs Agents Association and Rice… Continue reading
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has divided the functions of Pakistan Customs into four regions to resolve problems faced by taxpayers and enable authorities to focus on policy development and formulation. According to a notification issued on Tuesday, the FBR amended the Customs General Order No. 15 of… Continue reading
KARACHI: Pakistan customs has initiated inquiry against importers, clearing agents and customs officials involved in mis-declaration of alloy steel wire rod during past three years, sources said. The sources said that the probe initiated against a large number of cases detected in which alloy steel wire rode mis-declared as non-alloy… Continue reading
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs has detected a case of fraud by misdeclaring the origin and submitting fabricated invoices of 100 percent lower than the actual letter of credit values to evade huge amount of duty and taxes. The authorities have lodged an FIR to initiate criminal proceedings against the importer M/s…. Continue reading
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate of PaCCS has issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the issuance of unique user identity for newly Web Based One Customs (WeBOC) clearance system. The customs authorities said that all importers, exporters, customs agents, shipping lines / agents, privileged persons / organisations etc are required a… Continue reading
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