{"id":88005,"date":"2024-12-10T22:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T22:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/fbr-withdraws-widely-misinterpreted-notification-on-traveller-luggage-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T22:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T22:30:57","slug":"fbr-withdraws-widely-misinterpreted-notification-on-traveller-luggage-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/fbr-withdraws-widely-misinterpreted-notification-on-traveller-luggage-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"FBR withdraws \u2018widely misinterpreted\u2019 notification on traveller luggage restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday withdrew a \u201cwidely misinterpreted\u201d notification<\/a> it issued proposing luggage restrictions on passen\u00adgers arriving at Pakistan\u2019s airports.<\/p>\n

Last week, the revenue body issued SRO 2028(I)\/2024 of draft ame\u00adn\u00addments to Baggage Rules, 2006 and sought opinions from stakeholders within a seven-day period, which ends on Dec 13.<\/p>\n

The FBR had proposed amendments to the definition of \u201ccommercial quantity\u201d in rule 2 to restrict the number and worth of items incoming passengers could bring into the country.<\/p>\n

Commercial quantity was defined as goods brought \u201cfor trading or pecuniary [monetary]\u201d purposes and not personal use.<\/p>\n

As per the draft amendments, the value of \u201ccommercial quantity\u201d would be capped at $1,200.<\/p>\n

If the draft amendments were approved, goods worth more than $1,200 would be considered \u201ccommercial quantity\u201d and confiscated.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the draft amendment proposed allowing passengers to bring only one mobile phone, in addition to the one already in their personal use, from abroad. It suggested that any other mobile phones in their baggage be confiscated.<\/p>\n

Another amendment proposed changes to the process of handling confiscated items.<\/p>\n

Earlier, commercial quantity goods seized by authorities were released after the payment of duties or fines. A document available on FBR\u2019s website stated that commercial quantity goods would be released after the payment of a fine equal to 30 per cent of the value of goods in addition to duties and taxes.<\/p>\n

In the draft amendment, the FBR had suggested a change to rule 17, which read: \u201cThe goods brought in commercial quantity shall not be released on payment of duty, taxes and redemption fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, in a press release<\/a> issued today, the FBR said its notification had \u201ccreated a wrong impression that the value of personal baggage has been fixed up to $1,200 and this confusion has been circulating in the press and other media in the country\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u200bIt clarified that the term \u201ccommercial quantity\u201d was elaborated to fix a value of $1,200 for goods brought in baggage prima facie for trading or pecuniary gain, adding that the purpose of the draft amendment was to curb the misuse of the baggage facility by commercial carriers.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, as explicitly mentioned in the notification the limit of $1,200 does not include the items for \u2018personal use or gift\u2019 by a passenger. Therefore, it is clarified that the limit of $1,200 mentioned in the draft notification does not apply to items of personal use and bona fide baggage items. The impression that customs shall confiscate personal baggage valuing more than $1,200 is strongly rebutted,\u201d the FBR said.<\/p>\n

It concluded that since its draft notification had been \u201cwidely misinterpreted\u201d in public, particularly on social media, it was thus withdrawing the amendments to avoid the spread of further confusion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday withdrew a \u201cwidely misinterpreted\u201d notification it issued proposing luggage restrictions on passen\u00adgers arriving at Pakistan\u2019s airports. Last week, the revenue body issued SRO 2028(I)\/2024 of draft ame\u00adn\u00addments to Baggage Rules, 2006 and sought opinions from stakeholders within a seven-day period, which ends on Dec 13. 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