FBR’s decision to introduce Customs Digital Management System in Pakistan, formation of working groups for preparation of amendments
ISLAMABAD ( Web News )
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to introduce customs digital management system instead of paperless import and export clearance system (VBOOK) in Pakistan. Working groups have also been formed for the preparation of important amendments to be introduced in the Customs Law by the Parliament through the FBR Finance Bill 2024, the amendments of which will be made part of the Finance Bill 2024 and approved by the National Assembly with the budget and they will be implemented in the country from July 1, 2024. In the notification issued by FBR, it is stated that in this regard, FBR has formed 15 working groups under the leadership of Collector Customs Appraisal West Karachi. , inventory of imported or exported goods and international transshipments, goods declarations, vehicles, crude oil and petroleum products, ship breaking, assessment of taxes and duties, physical inspection and joint inspection, assessment of due taxes and duties. Collector Customs Enforcement Karachi. An 8-member working group has been formed under the chairmanship to ensure safe delivery of goods from one port to another, dock terminal or off-dock terminal, warehousing, safe transportation, clearance of goods in export processing zone, customs recovery. A new system will be created for the management of encashments, arrival and departure of ships and vehicles, clearance of baggage without passengers, port control unit, currency declaration detention and seizures, state warehouses for exports and quota management headed by Collector Customs Exports. A 9-member working group has been constituted to deal with export declarations, re-exports, duty drawback, rebate, electronic commerce, export facilitation, IOC working, clearance of export processing zone, import and export of financial instruments, gold and jewellery, A new quota management system will be created on the basis of NTN. A 7-member working group has been formed under the chairmanship of Director General Transit Trade, Karachi, which will deal with international transit goods passing through Pakistan, imports and exports of Afghanistan and imports and exports of Uzbekistan. A new system of international transport, temporary imports, sealing, de-sealing, tracking, inland transshipment, international transshipment has been created for exports. Actions, Federal Tax Ombudsman, ADRC, Complaint Management, Creating a database of smugglers involved in customs crimes, Adjudication, Adjudication of smuggled goods will create a new system Collector Customs Adjudication A 7-member case set up under the chairmanship of the Deputy Collector of Karachi. The Management Function Working Group will create a new system for the management of imports, exports and intellectual property rights, adjudication of smuggled goods after confiscation, customs appeals, to formulate a new system of post-clearance audit headed by the Director General of Post-Clearance Audit. A 6-member working group has been formed to devise a new system for post-clearance audit, survey, quota, manufacturing bond, desk audit, export facilitation, audit, and risk management. A new system of valuation, HS codes, risk indicators, value declarations, cross-border trade remittances will be developed. A 6-member technology working group has been formed under the chairmanship of Director National Nuclear Deterrence Authority Rahmatullah Wastro, which will facilitate all systems of Pakistan Customs. And to facilitate the maximum use of technology to determine the technology needs of Customs and their nature, a Risk Management Unit Working Group has been formed under the chairmanship of God Director Risk Management Unit Karachi, which consists of importers, exporters, customs clearing agents. , Shipping Lines, Air Lines, Terminal Operators, Departure Ports, Risk Goods Clearance, 8-member working group headed by Collector Customs Appraisal East Karachi to develop a new system of Customs Registry and Licensing for online systems of Customs. New Identity Management, Privilege Management, Warehousing, Air Lines, Shipping Lines, Bonded Carriers, Land Customs Management will develop a new system. Revision of customs duties tariff for each sector in Pakistan, SRO management, management of levies, exemptions and concessions of duties, National Tariff Commission to formulate a new policy of Customs under the leadership of God Director Research and Analyzes (Digitization) Karachi. A 10-member working group has been formed for the preparation of the integration strategy, which is the construction of electronic data exchange and terminals within the friendly countries and within the country, integration of national institutions with Pakistan Single Window, installation of data exchange system with China Customs, border management. The MIS working group formed under the chairmanship of the newly strategized Chief Customs Legal FBR will compile its reports by analyzing the revenue collection potential of each sector in Pakistan and the revenue collected so far Business Intelligence K tools will be prepared Chief Customs Legal Legal and Regulatory Change Management headed by FBR will draft amendments to address the loopholes in the rules, regulations and policies of Pakistan Customs Additional Director Pakistan Single Window New Pakistan Customs in Pakistan A communication strategy will be created while a new working group headed by Chief Customs Human Resource Management (HRM) has been formed to come up with new human resource development, re-engineering, capacity building, strategy, integration management along with new reward policy for FBR, New promotion policy, career development, deputation and rotation policy will be formulated.