KARACHI: The government has put a check on exporters related to unpaid amount of duty and taxes at the time of export clearance and amended law to recover the same.
Through Finance Bill 2019, it is proposed to amend Section 32(3)(A) of Customs Act, 1969 to apply this check on exporters.
Sub-section (3A) of Section 32 deals with the issuance of show cause notice in the situation where any duty, taxes or charge has not been levied, short-levied or erroneously refunded, discovered as a result of an audit or examination of an importer’s accounts or by any other means.
The Finance Bill 2019 seeks to extend the application of this section to exporters as well.
The existing law under Section 32(3)(A) said:
Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3), where any duty, taxes or charge has not been levied or has been short-levied or has been erroneously refunded and this is discovered as a result of an audit or examination of an importer’s accounts or by any means other than an examination of the documents provided by the importer at the time the goods were imported, the person liable to pay any amount on that account shall be served with a notice within five years of the relevant date requiring him to show cause why he should not pay the amount specified in the notice:
Provided that if the recoverable amount in a case is less than one hundred rupees, the Customs authorities shall not initiate the aforesaid action.
