Textile, spinning units: IR officials empowered to seal business premises

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday empowered Inland Revenue officials to seal the business premises of units, including textile and spinning factories, which fail to integrate with the FBR’s computerized system.

The new procedure would apply to electronic monitoring, tracking and identification, through a Production Monitoring System, video surveillance, video analytics, digital eye or any other prescribed monitoring mechanism, of the production, sale, clearance, stock or any other related activity of any registered person or class of registered persons; any manufacturer or class of manufacturers; any goods specified in the Third Schedule to the Sales Tax Act, 1990; or any other taxable goods or class of taxable goods, as the Board may specify by notification in the official Gazette.

According to a notification issued by the FBR on Thursday, the procedure prescribes the manner of sealing and de-sealing the business premises of a person who is required to integrate his business with the Board or its computerized system for monitoring, tracking, reporting or recording of sales, production, clearance, stock or any other related activity or similar business transactions.

The procedure would apply where a person fails to integrate his business with the Board or its computerized system through a Production Monitoring System, video surveillance, digital eye or any other prescribed monitoring mechanism for monitoring, tracking, reporting or recording of sales, production, clearance, stock or any other related activity or similar business transactions.

Where specified taxable goods are manufactured, produced, removed, transported, supplied or otherwise dealt with without being monitored through the Production Monitoring System, production monitoring equipment or any other prescribed monitoring mechanism, or without the prescribed tax stamps, banderoles, stickers, labels, barcodes or other prescribed identification marks or devices, such goods shall be liable to seizure and confiscation.

The conveyance used for the movement, carriage or transportation of such goods shall also be liable to seizure and, upon adjudication, to confiscation, the FBR added.

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