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Agonizing wait for new car plates will soon be over as BOC mulls donating 600,000 plates to LTO

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<ul><li style="text-align: justify;">The BOC plans to donate the seized 600,000 license plates to LTO</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">The private importer of the new car plates failed to pay duties and taxes within the prescribed period</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">The bureau is just waiting for the approval of Department of Finance before it could donate the license plates</li> </ul>The motor vehicle owners’ agonizing wait for the release of their new car plates will soon be over if the Bureau of Customs’ plan to donate to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) 600,000 license plates it seized in the Port of Manila pushes through. Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina said the agency is just waiting for the final signature of Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima before the BOC can turn over to LTO the license plates declared “abandoned” by its importer at the Manila International Container Port. <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/127583-customs-lto-license-plates-possible-turnover">Rappler</a> said in its article dated April 7, 2016 the importer of the license plates contained in 11 container vans, JKG-PPI, failed to pay duties and taxes worth P40 million within the prescribed period. Lina said the unpaid duties and taxes could be waived if the goods will be turned over to another government agency. “The duties and taxes can be waived by BOC, but the final decision is up to the Finance Secretary,” Lina said. BOC spokesperson Belle Maestro said JKG-PPI appealed to the bureau to lift the abandonment status of the shipments, but it was declined because the company did not comply with the procedures. “We gave them (JKG-PPI) the summary of payment. They were given until end of March but no payment was made. We need to do our job,” Belle Maestro said. <a href="http://kickerdaily.com/agonizing-wait-new-car-plates-will-soon-be-over-as-boc-mulls-donating-600000-plates-to-lto/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a>

The BOC plans to donate the seized 600,000 license plates to LTO The private importer of the new car plates failed to pay duties and taxes w...