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PACCS Salient Features

1. One Window

2. 24X7 system

3. Paperless environment

4. Virtual system

5. Automation

6. Self Assessment

7. Processing of Declaration

8. Risk Management

9. No un-receipted expense

10. Instant Duty drawbacks / Rebates



One Window

PACCS is a one window system and that window may open - any time at any place - depending on your own choice. You can connect to PACCS over the web and carry out all your activities related to Customs from anywhere in Pakistan. For customs clearance of goods being imported or exported , all you require is a User ID, a computer and an internet connection.


24X7 system

Our motto is “come on in we are open”.
PACCS is a twenty four by seven system. With PACCS you can clear your cargo 365 days a year, day or night.


Paperless environment

PACCS is completely paperless. You do not have to file any paper documents to Customs; all your declarations (Bills of Entry, Shipping Bills, Refund applications, etc.) are electronic and available online.


Virtual System

PACCS is independent of geography. You can import, export and conduct all business activity with Customs from anywhere in the country. For instance, you can file your declaration over the web from your head office in Islamabad, pay your duties through a notified Bank Branch on-line with PACCS from a field office in Lahore and get your goods cleared for a factory in Karachi.
Our prime concern is the facilitation of taxpayers and not the turf of Customs offices.


Automation

PACCS is completely automated. All declarations are processed by highly advanced Processing and Risk Management Systems. All information regarding receipt of request, clearance of cargo etc. are delivered online to your inbox. In case any clarifications regarding your declaration are deemed necessary you are intimated online.


Self Assessment

PACCS places its trust in you. Customs does not interfere in the process of discharge of your legal liabilities of duties and taxes. You compute and discharge your liabilities yourself before submitting your declaration to Customs. On submission of your declaration, an online receipt in the shape of Customs Reference Number (CRN) also known as Machine Number, is issued.


Processing of Declaration

The moment a CRN is allotted, the Risk Management System commences the processing of your declaration. Our studies indicate that up to 80% of trade is by responsible and legitimate businesses and does not pose a threat to the country or its exchequer. In all such cases the cargo will be cleared and you will be intimated online. The process takes less than 15 seconds. In case a threat is detected, detailed scrutiny including examination of cargo may be undertaken.

While PACCS places its trust in you and is committed to facilitate legitimate trade, we are equally committed to ensure that illegitimate trade is routed. Our processing systems are highly sophisticated and designed to detect and prevent illicit practices. In order to avoid delays and confusions later, it is advisable to file your declarations carefully and to ensure that correct information is declared to Customs. It is always good to have a second look at your declaration before filing it.


Risk Management

PACCS has a highly sophisticated automated Risk Management System. Traffic of containers flowing through our ports is not disturbed. Customs keeps a vigilant eye on the flow and intercepts only those consignments as are percieved to pose a threat to the country or its exchequer. Facts are cross-checked and in case the threat is not real, cargo is expeditiously returned to its normal flow. Certain consignments may be also be verified on random basis.


No un-receipted Expense

All processes of PACCS have been designed to ensure that the trade does not incur any un-receipted expense in clearance of the cargo. Every step of Customs clearance is documented and it is ensured that only the senior tax collectors come into contact with the tax payers, and that too only when extremely necessary thus eliminating any chances of foul play. A transparent system gives Customs officials greater confidence in performance of their duties since they are protected against fictitious allegations of wrong doing.


Instant Duty drawbacks / Rebates

PACCS treats the Goods Declaration (Shipping Bill) as a request for rebate. Form-E's are not required to be presented to Customs; instead Form-E number is to be entered as part of GD. For sanction of rebate claims, Bank Credit Advices (BCA)is no more a pre-requisite.

In order to obtain rebates, all one has to do is file a Goods Declaration to Customs; due rebate will be computed and sanctioned with the sailing of the vessel. Requirements for filing a separate rebate claim and calculation sheet on receipt of BCA have been done away with.