ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman has taken cognizance of the GB customs revenue loss scam and has reportedly directed FBR to submit its reply to the whistleblower ex-collector GB’s allegations against the custom officers and officials allegedly involved in the scam.
Sources said that the PCA had submitted in FBR an interim audit report on the GB Customs revenue loss scam. The Post Clearance Audit is largely a toothless audit wing of FBR which had never been allowed to grow to its full revenue loss detection potential in the last two decades.
The PCA has reported in its interim report that the revenue collection at Sust Dry Port increased by 30% during the last season – April to November, 2022 – which the whistleblower former collector GB had earlier attributed to his own untiring revenue building efforts amidst corruption and massive money making by the corrupt custom officials.
However, sources added, PCA fell short of doing the task of confirming the truth of former GB collector’s corruption allegations and fixing responsibility for revenue losses caused in the scam as it had not been mandated to touch and accomplish these tasks.
Sources said that PCA’s mandate was restricted to only post clearance audits in a bid of the senior custom to salvage the officers and officials involved in the scam from any legal proceedings.
Sources disclosed that in its interim audit report, PCA touched the custom officers’ most sensitive nerve when it recommended improvement in the...
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