Customs Warehousing is a procedure which allows importing businesses to postpone the payment of import duties on imported goods, whilst they are held under customs supervision in an authorised storage facility.
Two of the benefits from using a customs warehouse are:
As part of our special procedure offering, we work with eligible businesses to design and document compliant processes, as part of coordinating your application to HMRC.
IP and OP are special procedures designed to support local manufacturing processes. IP allows importers to postpone import duty and taxes due on parts and materials imported for production. OP allows exporters to re-import processed goods and only pay import duties and taxes against the cost of processing.
The main benefits from using IP are:
If your business imports goods to aid a UK based manufacturing process, get in touch with one of our advisors to discuss how your operation could benefit.
HMRC provides numerous special procedures that many trading businesses are eligible to access. Whilst the application and implementation can be complex , the benefits will often warrant the effort.
Formerly known as C.F.S.P, SDP comes in two forms. Both procedures provide importing and exporting businesses simplifications within the customs declaration process. Some of the benefits are:
A deferment account is one of the ways importers can pay import duties and taxes to HMRC. By holding a deferment account authorisation, the approved business will benefit from:
A Transit Authorisation will allow a business to issue their own transit documents (a.k.a T1s, TADs). Authorised Consignor and Consignee status is used to simplify this process and allow you to issue these documents from your own facility. Benefits include:
Before any application takes place, one of our advisors will schedule a free of charge exploratory call with you to discuss your interest in a customs special procedure. By taking some details, they will be able to provide you with an overview of what procedures you will require and the associated benefits.
The initial consultation will take between 30-45 minutes and will be completely free of charge, regardless of whether you decide to accept the proposed quotation.
Some of the key questions to ask yourself before scheduling a call are:
1) Do i import goods from the EU or ROW?
2) Am i paying import duty on goods that i am importing?
3) Do i store or carry out any kind of processing on the goods in the UK?
4) Do i re-export some or all of the goods i have previously imported?
If the answer is "Yes" to the above, there is a good chance a special procedure could provide financial and operational efficiency improvements to your business.
Before any application takes place, one of our advisors will schedule a free of charge exploratory call with you to discuss your interest in a customs special procedure. By taking some details, they will be able to provide you with an overview of what procedures you will require and the associated benefits.
At which point, they will carry out some basic checks against HMRC guidance to assess eligibility. If they have any concerns over your eligibility to apply, a more detailed review may be required before the project can commence.
In any case, the initial consultation will take between 30-45 minutes and will be completely free of charge, regardless of whether you decide to accept the proposed quotation.
For most special procedure applications, we will provide you a fixed project rate for our costs to handle the project end-to-end. This fee will usually be inclusive of all associated costs, but we will clearly state what is and isn't included in our Statement of Work issued before any work takes place.
For our quotes to be accurate, we need as much detail from you as possible during the exploratory phase to allow us to assess your requirements and provide a plan to support you.
This is dependent on the special procedure you are applying for and the amount of work required to bring your business to the stage in which you are ready to apply.
For example, duty deferment applications make take 30 days, where as a customs warehouse application could between 60-90 days.
For bigger or more complex applications, we usually recommend 30-45 days to prepare your application and between 30-90 days for HMRC to complete their assessment and publish their decision.
Once you have received your authorisation letter from HMRC, we will complete a final review and schedule a final debrief meeting with you. This would usually signify the end of the project.
However, we appreciate you may still require our support during the implementation of your new special procedure. As such, we provide a range of aftercare support, such as staff training, data auditing, help line consultancy and annual compliance reviews.
These services are often optional extras and can be discussed at any point during our time supporting your business.
Let us know a little bit about how we can help and one of our customs experts will be in touch to arrange a consultation at the next mutually convenient date.
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