Bid to smuggle antiques foiled
KARACHI: The Directorate General Investigation & Intelligence (DG I&I) Range, Office, Sukkur has foiled a bid to smuggle antiques abroad. According to details, a credible information was received by the…
Amendments in Customs Rules, 2001
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has added a sub-chapter in the Customs Rules, 2001 to regulate inter-port movement of cargo to off-dock terminals. According to the amended 556A.…
Clearing agent freed after importer assumes responsibility of mis-declaration
KARACHI: The Pakistan Customs has arrested one Major (Retd) Noorul Amin in pursuance of FIR lodged against him for evading tax/duty to the tune of Rs8.894 million through mis-declaration and…
Illegal refunds; IRO sacrificed to protect entire IRS chain involved in corruption
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has accorded major penalty to an Inland Revenue Service (IRS) officer of Grade 16 for inefficiency, misconduct and corruption, the practice termed as…
FBR Quarterly Review recommends post clearance audit where taxes/duties have escaped.
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in its quarterly review has noted that loss of revenue could be quantified into undue exemptions of income tax, misuse of reduced WHT…
KCAA president Saifullah to be arrested for involvment in bogus cheques scam
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs is finalizing ways to arrest Saifullah Khan, President, Karachi Customs Agents Association, who is involved in a scam of consignment clearance on bogus financial instruments for an…
FBR allows grant of back benefits under FR-17
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has allowed grant of back benefits including all consequential benefits and fixation of pay to 11 officers from the date of proforma promotions…
MCC Hyderabad challenges directives of Chief Collector (south), insists clearance of Hot Rolled Coils at Hyderabad
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Hyderabad has challenged the directives of Chief Collector (South) and insisted to their stance that the clearance of 86 Coils of Hot Rolled Coils…
MCC Gwadar seizes smuggled goods worth Rs22.24 million
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Gwadar on Thursday foiled a bid to smuggled goods worth Rs22.24 million. According to details, on information through collectorate MCC Gwadar, the Anti-Smuggling Squad of…
PCT Classification Committee fixes 10pc customs duty on flavouring agent for beverages
KARACHI: The Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) Classification Committee has set customs duty at the rate of 10 percent on the import of ‘Kola Van’ a flavouring agent for beverages under…
Grade-16 deputy superintendents/senior intelligence officers promoted
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has promoted 21 deputy superintendents/senior intelligence officers of Grade-16 to the post of Superintendents (Grade-16) with immediate effect. The promoted officers include Muhammad…
MCC Gawadar, Customs Intelligence foil smuggling bid
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Gawadar and Customs Intelligence Karachi operating jointly seized a launch full of foreign origin liquor being smuggled into Pakistan from UAE on Sunday. The…
Brainstorming workshop held on WeBOC roll-out for customs officers
KARACHI: A brainstorming workshop was organized on Friday for customs officials regarding the roll-out of Web-Based One Customs (WeBOC), the in- house developed online software for clearance of goods. The…
Clearing agents advised to upload necessary documents to avoid delays in export shipments
KARACHI: Clearing agents have been advised to upload all necessary documents to customs online system before filing of goods declaration for exports consignment for avoiding delays. Karachi Customs Agents Association…
WeBOC prevents illegal movement of imported goods; clearing agents pressurizing to rescue corrupt elements
KARACHI: The online computerized system for consignment clearance has prevented movement of imported goods without duty payment at Air Freight Unit (AFU) Karachi on the other hand clearing agents pressurizing…
Grievances Cell setup at MCC Appraisement
KARACHI: A Grievances Cell has been setup in Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Appraisement, Customs House, Karachi to facilitate imports carried out through East Wharf, West Wharf, Off-Dock terminals i.e. AICT,…
Coordinators posted for WeBOC rollout
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has attached nine officers of BS-17 and BS-18 with the Collectorates, as coordinators, in order to rollout WeBOC within the given time. The…
Customs seek 14-day remand of importer for defrauding
KARACHI: Pursuant to the First Information Report (FIR), Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) of PaCCS registered against one Khawar Schehzad of K.K Traders for fraudulently evading an amount of taxes of…
Federal Service Tribunal directs to decide up-gradation claims of data control assistants in 4 months
KARACHI: The Federal Service Tribunal, Islamabad has directed Secretary Establishment Division (Cabinet Secretariat) and Secretary Finance Division (Regulatory Wing) to decide the claims of Data Control Assistants (BPS-10) for up…
Exchequer suffers heavy loss as MCC PaCCS remains electricity less
KARACHI: The appraisement and export activities at Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) PaCCS remained largely effected on Saturday as the One Customs system could not operate due to unavailability of electricity…