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According to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Pakistanis accumulated 90% dollars with 10% coming through cash smuggling.
In order to stop money smuggling, customs has boosted monitoring at entry and exit points, including airports, according to FBR member Mukarram Jah Ansari, who spoke to the neighbourhood newspaper “The News.”
To stop dollar speculation and hoarding, other regulators and law enforcement organisations must take action. Although the adjacent country’s currency is less expensive, he claimed, we have enhanced border region vigilance to stop the financing of terrorism.
According to Ansari, FBR confiscated cash and Saudi Riyals. But only 10% of money is stolen, while pakistanis accumulated 90% dollars.
The FBR member claimed that the government is attempting to negotiate Electronic Data Integration (EDI) contracts with Russia and the UAE. The reason for this is to decrease inaccurate and incomplete billing. The FBR member did not provide further details on the negotiations.
He talked about customs reforms to enhance the efficiency of the tax authority. China and Pakistan exchanged electronic trade data and signed an EDI agreement.
He said that China had consented to extend the quarterly total value of commodities. As a result, the gap in bilateral trade data is now less than $3 billion, down from nearly $6 billion annually a few years ago.
He claimed that in order to pinpoint exact amounts, the customs service collaborated with PIDE to research under-invoicing, mis-invoicing, and smuggling. The outcomes of the investigations, he continued, would be made public by 2022–2033.
He promised that the FBR will come up with a strategy to eradicate fraud and smuggling. Annual under-invoicing is thought to result in billions of dollars in lost revenue.
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A FBR member claims that the government will sign EDI deals with the UAE, North Africa, Uzbekistan, and Russia.
Both China’s Single Window and Pakistan’s Single Window will be a part of the deal. By March 2023, Manual One Customs will be eliminated, and WeBOC will take its place.
77 entities will be merged for goods clearance at entrance and exit ports. PSW work is currently ongoing, according to Ansari. PSW will soon cover commercial banks and SBP.
FBR members announced that this month will see the implementation of an electronic programme to manage currency smuggling.
According to him, this programme will assist in declaring currency via an online form. Subsequent scanning will communicate all relevant information with customs offices at airports. In order to punish money smugglers, customs took harsh action against Kheppeas. More than two dozen FIRs were filed and those implicated were also arrested.
Ansari instructed the collectorates to select 10 cases per month from each jurisdiction to be resolved by the ADR Committee (ADRC). He declared that the mechanism for barter commerce would be completed, fostering regional trade in Iran and other nations.