UNION  Minister  for  Planning,  Finance  and  Industry  U  Win  Shein met with the Director-General, Deputy Directors-General and  Directors  at  the  Customs  Department  (Headquarters)  yesterday morning in Yangon.

At  the  meeting,  the  Union  Minister intructed to abide by the code of conduct, ethics, rules and regulation  of  the  civil  servants  and  to  pay  special  attention  to  the spread of COVID-19 disease as the recurrence of COVID-19 is on the rise in some neighbouring countries. He also added to pay special attention to the security and the activities funded by the Union according to the financial procedures and  to  take  special  care to prevent corruption.

The Union Minister inspected the operation of the Myanmar Automated  Cargo  Clearance  System (MACCS).

Afterwards,  he  arrived  at  the  Internal  Revenue  Department and met with the officials. During the meeting, he said efforts  are  being  made  in  order  to  revive  the  economy  under  the COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan (CERP) in response to the effects of the COVID-19 disease and  collect  the  total  amount  of  due taxes despite the reduction in  taxes  due  to  the  COVID-19  outbreak.

He  instructed  to  facilitate  the tax payment via online payment and to pay special attention to the security and health as the COVID-19  virus  is  likely  to  increase.

MNA

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