Union Minister U Win Shein inspects customs department and internal revenue department, Yangon

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