Friday 10 January 2014

''Entrustment Scheme'': over Rs six billion dollars tax evasion in gold imports detected

One of the sub-sectors of items - silver - has allegedly avoided over Rs 6 billion dollars duty/taxes in gold imports value Rs 66.928 billion dollars under ''Entrustment Scheme'' during the last two decades, it was learned here on Saturday. Research performed by the Directorate of Intellect and Research (DI&I)-Inland Income, Karachi exposed that over 90 % of silver imports had been created under ''Entrustment Scheme'' to get duty/tax exceptions.

Sources on a situation of privacy said that the govt had declared ''Entrustment Scheme'' through SRO. 266 (I)/2001 old May 07, 2001 to extend the platform of Pakistani exports and offer probability to Pakistani craftsmen to offer jewelry overseas. However, the DI&I-Inland Income after analyzing the information of silver imports for the interval from This summer 2011 to This summer 2013 has recognized a large tax evasion value over Rs 6 billion dollars under Entrustment Plan.


Sources said that Entrustment Plan, which permitted duty/tax exception to this rule and limited silver importers to trade value-added silver items within eight several weeks, was being abused with no trade advantage to the nation. They said that the problem had been brought up before Financial Co-ordination Panel (ECC) and then the committee after analyzing the problem enforced a ban on silver imports under the said scheme.

When approached, formal resources verified that some greedy components were engaged in taking advantage of SRO. 266 (I)/2001 and they brought in duty-free silver value Rs 66.928 billion dollars since This summer 2011 to This summer 2013 interval. Responding to a query, they said that the scheme had limited silver importers to trade its value-added item within predetermined interval but no trade had been created during the said interval. "Therefore, the tax advantage provided through built regarded as tax evasion," resources said.

They said that DI&I had so far recognized two situations where importers had stated tax exceptions on silver imports value Rs 4.015 billion dollars and Rs 5.249 billion dollars, respectively, but stayed incapable to trade its value-added item. They said that Directorate was also attempting to recognize the resource of financial commitment for large silver imports and included that investigations on some 10 identical situations were also under way. 

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