In January will be implemented method of delivering goods online shopping

Customs Honduras: The Directorate Deputy Customs Income (DARA), under the coordination of the Presidential Commission on Reform Comprehensive Customs and Operators Trading System (COPRISAO), working in conjunction with the Office of Fight Against Tax Crimes of the Public Ministry, in a procedure to release the parcel import mostly from online shopping since it was clearance in December 2018, without completing the customs act.

Commissioner President of the COPRISAO Juan José Vides, «reported that earlier specific year in the month of January will be released a process for people who made their purchases in good faith to remove them, this long as has completed the procedure and the prosecution filed actions correspond by law. »

Thus the person who made the purchase in good faith can withdraw their products with payment of customs duties, what is sought is to provide a solution to the population has been affected, because the company contracted to perform import omitted or try to evade payment of customs duties, the Commissioner added.

This year the COPRISAO-DARA has filed 17 reports to the Ministry Public cases of companies that tried to evade the Treasury differently, declaring erroneously products other than those matters, using different regime modality export the amount of taxes it forgone is 20 million 274 thousand 974 lempiras.

A total of 35 thousand pounds of imported products mostly online shopping, since 2017 in different customs were detected irregularities regarding express delivery companies engaged in hauling goods or online shopping making the population originating from different parts of the world.

The COPRISAO-DARA following this situation implemented an audit process control, where a number of irregularities between her attempts to tax evasion evading payment of customs duties and internal taxes, erroneous statements declaring another type of product were detected the which it is imported in the same way are violating import regulations.

At present there are companies that are identified and operate in the manner mentioned above which were referred to the Public Ministry who perform the relevant proceedings to determine whether an offense and apply corrective case.

Another of the irregularities is that there are companies that are doing imports parcel or shopping online and are operating so irregular because they are not made for import and export feature, nor are registered with the DARA.

In the same way cases of non-commercial imports using third parties to make withdrawals.

The COPRISAO calls companies offering such services are and register with Directorate Deputy Customs Income (DARA), Section of Shipping Agents, Customs and other auxiliaries to have greater control and transparency and work coordination, which will result in agility in the clearance of goods.

Deputy Directorate of Customs Income (DARA) is the body of the state, located on the borders, ports and airports of the country, where gender and goods imported or exported by calculating the corresponding taxes and tariffs are recorded.

 

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