The LCCI has urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to revise its decision to close down Pakistan Customs Computerised System (PaCCS), for the sake of the country's economy. In a statement issued here on Saturday, the LCCI President, Zafar Iqbal, senior vice president Ejaz A Mumtaz and vice president Faisal Iqbal said that Pakistan Customs Computerised System (PaCCS) was a well-designed state-of-the-art computerised system that has enabled speedy and hassle-free clearance of goods.
"This has also reduced interaction between tax payer and tax collector apart from curtailing clearance time from 14-day under old manual system to 24 hours/2-day due to its robust assessment system," they said. The LCCI office-bearers said that the Federal Board of Revenue should immediately withdraw the decision to do away with this high-tech system as, if the decision was not withdrawn, the entire business community would suffer badly.
They said that Pakistan Customs Computerised System (PaCCS) is such a unique system that on-line monitoring was available even after clearance of goods. "The chairman of FBR has a real time access to monitor every clearance that ensures transparency.
Therefore, there is no point in scrapping the system. "At this time, when the economy is already in doldrums and Pakistan's image is at stake world-wide, we should abort any nefarious attempt from further throwing the nation into darkness," they added.
The LCCI office-bearers said that today when less reliance is placed on paper, and the world is moving towards information and computer technology revolution, it would be unwise on the part of FBR to deprive the business community of reaping benefits of this fast track management based system.
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