KARACHI: The 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 Customs Today 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.