ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has formed teams to checkdocuments of the imported goods at major shopping areas, particularly largeretailers, in major cities across the country.

The crackdown will be initiated from Sept 1.

Chairman FBR Shabbar Zaidi said that the teams will check import documentsof foreign goods to ensure compliance with various requirements of the law,adding the board had started a phased programme to combat sale of smuggledgoods in the local market.

Under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1969, the FBR has powers to seekimport documents for imported goods available for sale to consumers fromthe person dealing in such goods.

Earlier this month, the FBR had served notices to as many as 228 garmentshops and boutiques on paying no tax despite “having booming businessactivity.”

“This office had identified 228 garments shops/boutiques doing businessactivity only in the area of North Nazimabad, Karachi and they are not ontax roll,” Inland Revenue Officer Salman Qamar had said in a report.