"Clearance Duties", "Brokerage fees" and Other Bollocks

 

Certain well known shipping companies have been happily trying to scam recipients of packages sent from abroad by adding "clearance duties", "brokerage fess" and other such nonsense all under the guise of "Customs and Duties" invoices.

Guess what children?

It transpires that they are taking he piss, and trying to pull a fast one. HMRC are aware of this, and frown upon it.

Those of you who receive such an invoice, are more than welcome to use this proforma letter that I have successfully used on more than one occasion: 

"Thank you for your invoice ***** for £** (dated ***).

 

Please be advised that as no explanation was given, despite repeated requests, as to what the charges were for (prior to the attempted delivery today) the delivery was refused.

 

However, subsequent to the attempted delivery an explanation was received.

I will pay the customs duties of £**.

However, please be advised that I refuse to pay the Brokerage Fees/Admin Fees of £**; since at no point was I made aware of, nor did I agree to, any terms and conditions which clearly stated that I would be liable for any such charges.

 

At no point in the transaction, and subsequent attempted delivery, was any contract for a clearance of administration charge made between *** and myself.

 

I paid the supplier for delivery, and would expect that any international clearance fees be factored into the initial cost of such a shipment.

 

The £** is not a duty or tax, as such you should not use a duty/tax invoice to try to claim it.

I will be making HMRC aware of this, as they have in the past publicly criticised companies for doing this.

 

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/experts/article-3693387/TONY-HETHERINGTON-customers-hit-rogue-fees-FedEx-farce.html

If you wish to pursue further charges for delivery or administration or the terms upon which goods are shipped, I suggest that you take it up with the company who shipped the goods initially.

Please resubmit an amended invoice for me to pay, and advise me as to when delivery will be made.

Thank you.

 

Kind regards"

 

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HMRC Screws Up Customs Declaration Service

 

An error in the UK’s post-Brexit IT border system disrupted companies bringing goods in from the European Union, raising costs, adding bureaucracy and snarling deliveries.

HMRC made a change to the government’s Customs Declaration Service -- which businesses use to generate forms for imports from the EU -- prevented some traders acquiring necessary paperwork on Tuesday.

T he change was introduced overnight on Tuesday. The problem: the new tariff code didn’t work. Trucks were held up at customs depots because their forms were being rejected. As one customs agent put it: The government had screwed up.

HMRC on Wednesday reversed the position, and now claims that the problem has been resolved.

 
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CHIEF To Run Until 2025

 

Fujitsu will keep the UK’s CHIEF customs system running until 2025, as an apparent backstop for importers and exporters that fail to meet HMRC’s March 2023 deadline for CDS migration.

Following a tip off by a Dover customs agent, The Loadstar discovered an agreement  between HMRC and Fujitsu in late 2020, renewing a deal with the software supplier for 12 applications, including the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system.

A spokesperson for HMRC told The Loadstar: 

“Entering into a five-year fixed price contract ensured HMRC could continue with a fully operational customs platform for future years.

The CHIEF contract extension was one part of a larger negotiation that covered another 12 applications Fujitsu provides on the same technology. Combining all applications into one contract and committing to a five-year term provided the best value for taxpayer money.”

News of the extension led one source to “breathe easier”, after concerns over HMRC’s ability migrate the 5,000 CHIEF users to its replacement, the Customs Declaration System (CDS).

Under HMRC deadlines, all importers are expected to be using CDS by the end of September 2022, after exporters migrated to the system by 31 March next year, a timeframe one software supplier described as “laughable”.

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Less Than 100 Days Until Christmas - Beware Customs Charges!

Tax and customs for goods sent from abroad

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Contents

1. Overview
2. Tax and duty
3. Documents
4. Gifts

Tax and duty

You’ll be contacted by Royal Mail, Parcelforce or the courier company if you need to pay any VAT, duty or delivery charges (‘handling fees’) to receive your goods.

They’ll send you a bill stating exactly which fees you need to pay.

They’ll normally hold your parcel for about 3 weeks. If you have not paid the bill by then, your parcel will be returned to the sender.

You will not have to pay anything to the delivery company to receive goods worth less than £135 unless they’re gifts over £39 or excise goods (for example, alcohol and tobacco).

VAT

VAT is charged on all goods (except for gifts worth £39 or less) sent from:

• outside the UK to Great Britain
• outside the UK and the EU to Northern Ireland

VAT is not charged on goods that are gifts worth £39 or less.

You pay VAT when you buy the goods or to the delivery company before you receive them. If you have to pay VAT to the delivery company, it’s charged on the total package value, including:

• the value of the goods
• postage, packaging and insurance
• any duty you owe

VAT is charged at the VAT rate that applies to your goods.

Goods worth £135 or less in total

If you bought the goods yourself and they are not excise goods, the seller will have included VAT in the total you paid.

You will need to pay VAT to the delivery company if the goods are:

• gifts sent to you by someone else and worth more than £39
• excise goods

Goods worth more than £135 in total

You will have to pay VAT to the delivery company either before the goods are delivered or when you collect them.

Customs Duty

You’ll be charged Customs Duty on all goods sent from outside the UK (or the UK and the EU if you’re in Northern Ireland) if they’re either:

• excise goods
• worth more than £135

If you’re charged Customs Duty, you’ll need to pay it on both:

• the price paid for the goods
• postage, packaging and insurance

Type and value of goods	Customs Duty
Non-excise goods worth £135 or less	No charge
Gifts above £135 and up to £630	2.5%, but rates are lower for some goods - call the helpline
Gifts above £630 and other goods above £135	The rate depends on the type of goods and where they came from - call the helpline

You pay Customs Duty on excise goods of any value.

Excise Duty

If you’re sent alcohol or tobacco from outside the UK, you’ll be charged Excise Duty at current rates.

If the goods are sent from the EU to Northern Ireland, check that the Excise Duty was included in the price. If it’s not, your goods may be seized.

It does not matter whether you buy the goods or they’re sent as a gift.

If you receive large amounts of alcohol or tobacco for your business, use the Trade Tariff to check duty rates.

Your goods can also be seized if they’re:

• spirits over 35 centilitres without a UK duty stamp
• cigarettes or hand-rolling tobacco without UK health warnings or fiscal marks

If you’re charged too much or return your goods

Ask for a refund of VAT or Customs Duty if you:

• return your goods
• think you’ve been charged too much

Download and fill in:

• form BOR 286 if Royal Mail or Parcelforce delivered the goods
• form C285 if a courier or freight company delivered the goods

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HMRC "Apparently Clueless"

 

Importing almost anything from the EU has descended into abject chaos, with HMRC apparently clueless on new VAT rules, and all kinds of other previously non existent charges. Easier and less costly now to import from the US, where there is no FTA. What the hell is going on?

— jeremy warner (@JeremyWarnerUK) March 10, 2021

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HMRC Recruiting Brexit Trade Experts (£20K-£25K pa)

 

HMRC is looking to hire hundreds of advisers to help businesses deal with red tape when moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland after Brexit.

Job adverts for “customs and trade advisers” call for candidates with at least two years’ experience in global trade who are prepared to work from home for a salary of £20,000 to £25,000. The ads say that a laptop and training will be provided.

Here is a link to one such job advert, for the home based role. 

RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS

• Deal effectively with inbound enquiries, provide timely, accurate and guidance on trader registration and declaration submissions
• Effectively refer members and customers to a wider Trade team and other parties as required
• Gathering data on EORI numbers, VAT numbers and commodity codes to tailor further engagement
• Checking of all relevant customs and trade documentation
• Data Administration and validation
• Accurately complete and submit of customs declarations using simplified, summary, and standard procedures
• Delivering service in line with HMRC standards
• Liaising and effectively communicating with other Government agencies such as HMRC as and when required
• Supporting other team members by sharing best practice
• Effectively recording of customer & partner interactions on CRM and any other relevant processes as required

Staff will work for the Trader Support Service (TSS), set up by HMRC, and run by Fujitsu and the Custom Clearance Consortium. The Times reports that the TSS has a budget of £200M and staff requirement of 800.

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HMRC's Sympathetic Customs' Approach

 

HMRC has told businesses trading across the Irish Sea it will take a "sympathetic" approach to new customs rules in January when the UK leaves the transition period of Brexit.

Northern Ireland will leave the EU's customs union at the end of the Brexit transition in January.

However, it will enforce EU customs rules at its ports, meaning goods coming from Great Britain will need declarations.

HMRC estimates that will involve 11m declarations a year.

HMRC official Aidan Reilly told MPs on the Northern Ireland Affairs committee his organisation was "acutely aware" that many traders are going to be entirely new to these customs processes.

He is quoted by the BBC:

"We will of course want to be sympathetic to traders in the early days of the regime who are trying to do the right thing but are not clear on what exactly they need to do."

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HMRC In Denial Over Brexit Customs Readiness

 Here's the letter from Peter McSwinney just cited by Newsnight telling HMRC that Brexit customs system not ready and trade could be paralysed.
House of Lords heard same two days ago. Witnesses said system was not reliable, not ready
HMRC denied it all... pic.twitter.com/hHUbbKDLj1

— lisa o'carroll (@lisaocarroll) November 11, 2020

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50,000 Customs Officers Being Recruited

 

The UK needs an extra 50,000 customs officers to complete 260 million customs declarations annually due to Brexit. Let that sink in. pic.twitter.com/iw9IEJJmjp

— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) October 27, 2020

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Coming Soon - A Customs "Golden Age"

“There aren’t enough customs brokers in the UK to cope with the increase in volume in customs declarations that are going to be required.”
@RHARichardB from the Road Haulage Association says 220m declarations "will need to be completed" on an annual basis
#Newsnight | #Brexit pic.twitter.com/38oLLYD6jT

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) July 14, 2020

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HMRC £10M Grants To Boost Customs Expertise

HMRC has announced that it will provide a further £10 million in grants for customs agents and intermediaries to build capacity in managing customs declarations.

The £10 million in grants is open to businesses based in, or with a branch in, the UK, that currently complete customs declarations for importers and exporters.

They are available to support costs of hiring staff, including £3,000 for recruitment costs, and up to £10,000 for salary costs, to help build business capacity.

You can read full details of what can be claimed and how to apply on GOV.UK.

Businesses that will benefit from the funding are encouraged to apply early, as applications will close once all the funding has been allocated, and by 31 January 2020 at the latest.

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The Return of EU Duty Free?

Duty-free shopping with the EU is coming back, if we leave without a deal.

People travelling to EU countries will be able to buy beer, spirits, wine and tobacco without duty being applied in the UK.

🍺🍷Read more👇 https://t.co/a46CvaE8lJ pic.twitter.com/uqvzPtoFbO

— HM Treasury (@hmtreasury) September 10, 2019

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HMRC Extends Transitional Simplified Procedures

HMRC is extending arrangements already announced for traders to use Transitional Simplified Procedures (TSP) which will make importing easier. This includes:

• an extension of the date when the first supplementary customs declarations must be submitted, and any import duties must be paid, to 4 October 2019, with subsequent declarations submitted monthly
• making TSP available at all UK ports if the UK leaves the EU without a deal

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HMRC Told Not To Discuss Post Brexit Customs

Hans Maessen, a Dutch customs expert, recently told a Parliamentary committee that HMRC have been refusing to engage in any discussions on customs, going as far as to claim that HMRC were “not allowed” to do so due to a “political instruction” following the Chequers agreement to pursue the ‘Facilitated Customs Arrangement’ instead.

Money was put aside for the UK to make preparations for leaving the Customs Union by the Chancellor over a year ago, yet Guido understands that senior figures in the Treasury and the Cabinet Office are still putting the brakes on it being spent.

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HMRC Customs Declaration Service Goes Live - Sort Of!

HMRC’s Customs Declaration Service is now live, and a small group of importers can use the system to make ‘certain types of supplementary declarations’.

HMRC went live with the first part of its Customs Declaration Service (CDS) on 14 August.

The second phase of the deployment will come in November, when the majority of importers will be able to use the system. However, importers will have to either develop their own, or buy software that is CDS compatible to use the system.

HMRC’s customs transformation programme director, Kevin Franklin, is quoted by ComputerWeekly as saying that the first release of CDS “is a major milestone”.

“Going live on time is a great step to fully introducing the new system and is testament to the hard work of HMRC staff and our partners.

We have been engaging closely with trade representatives, including software developers, community system providers, freight forwarders and traders about CDS, and we value the support from these organisations in preparing importers and exporters for the upcoming changes.

Our priority now is to make sure software developers, agents and their clients are ready, and we will continue to work closely with them throughout the transition.”

The CDS is intended to replace the current Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (Chief) system for handling import and export freight from outside the European Union (EU).

Chief, which has been in place for 25 years, can only handle around 60 million customs declarations per year. However, a no deal Brexit means that CDS might be required to handle volumes of up to 255 million declarations annually.

The final and third phase of the roll out, covering the export functionality of the system, will not be released until December 2018, meaning traders who export goods will have only one month to complete the migration, as the entire process of migrating users from the old system to CDS by the end of January 2019.

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HMRC and Brexit

The National Audit Office has stated that HMRC has accelerated work on its contingency plans for handling customs declarations in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit next March.

The NAO said that if this work was successfully completed, HMRC would have the system capacity to handle customs declarations no matter what the outcome of exit negotiations between the UK and the EU; ie HMRC would be in a position to handle a "no deal" Brexit.

However, the NAO also stated that significant challenges remain and the success of wider customs preparations would involve many other dependent systems and processes at the border.

Civil Service World reports that auditors found HMRC has started to engage with 150,000 traders that import and export goods outside of the EU, but has not yet started the same communications with the at least 145,000 EU-only traders who may need to make customs declarations after March 2019, dependent on the EU exit deal.

Time and the outcome of the Brexit negotiations will tell if HMRC is up to the challenge!

Tax does have to be taxing.

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To find out more, please use this link Solar Tax Investigation Insurance



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Completely Cretinous

The proposal for a post-Brexit customs arrangement, that the EU rejected, has cost taxpayers £680K in consultancy fees paid by HMRC to McKinsey & Company.

The contract awarded in January and lasting until March saw McKinsey taken on to provide an “assessment of import initiated supply chain and commercial feasibility” of the UK continuing to manage tariffs on imports destined for the EU despite having left the bloc’s customs union, while also enforcing its own independent tariff regime. 

While McKinsey has not commented on the work, a spokesperson for the Treasury – which oversees Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) – was quoted as saying that the government wanted to “harness expertise from both the private and public sector” to “ensure trade with the EU is as frictionless as possible.” 

Jacob Rees-Mogg described it as “completely cretinous” and a “betrayal of common sense.” 

Tax does have to be taxing.

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Insurance to protect you against the cost of enquiry or dispute with HMRC is available from several sources including Solar Tax Investigation Insurance.

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HMRC's Oncoming Brexit Storm

This technological solution leading to 'frictionless trade' (that does not exist at any border anywhere else in the world) had better be good given that HMRC has 2,000 fewer staff than before the EU Referendum.@hzeffman in @TimesNewsdesk #brexit #HMRC https://t.co/QzTO5KdB8k pic.twitter.com/vwI9zeIA6Z

— Noble Francis (@NobleFrancis) May 29, 2018

Tax does have to be taxing.

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However, neither Ken Frost nor HMRCISSHITE either endorses or recommends their services.

What is Solar Tax Investigation Insurance?

Solar Tax Investigation Insurance is a tax-fee protection service that will pay up to £75,000 towards your accountant's fees in the event of an HM Revenue & Customs full enquiry or dispute.

To find out more, please use this link Solar Tax Investigation Insurance



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Downing Street Disses HMRC

HMRC's Jon Thompson, told MPs that the Brexit option of a “highly streamlined customs arrangement” would be significantly more costly than a more comprehensive customs partnership – the other option ministers are considering.

He said HMRC had estimated the cost to businesses of having to complete customs declaration forms after Brexit as £32.50 per shipment. There are around 200 million exports from Britain to the EU each year, meaning the total cost of customs declarations for UK firms would be £6.5bn each year. EU companies would have to pay a similar amount, taking the overall cost to £13bn.

Taking steps to meet EU regulations would cost businesses “several billion pounds more”, Mr Thompson said, raising the total cost of the customs arrangement to between £17bn and £20bn.

Worried?

Don't be, Downing Street has dismissed HMRC's figures as "speculation".

Irrespective of the accuracy or otherwise of HMRC's figures, Downing Street has publicly dissed HMRC.

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Solar Tax Investigation Insurance is a tax-fee protection service that will pay up to £75,000 towards your accountant's fees in the event of an HM Revenue & Customs full enquiry or dispute.

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Post Brexit Customs Checks

HMRC boss tells MPs UK will need up to three years to put in place IT for new Brexit customs checks

— norman smith (@BBCNormanS) May 23, 2018

And that’s from the time the Govt has decided whatever those customs checks will be! https://t.co/Kym6lS3oHm

— Paul Lewis (@paullewismoney) May 23, 2018

Tax does have to be taxing.

Professional Cover Against the Threat of Costly TAX and VAT Investigations

Insurance to protect you against the cost of enquiry or dispute with HMRC is available from several sources including Solar Tax Investigation Insurance.

Ken Frost has negotiated a 10% discount on any polices that may suit your needs.

However, neither Ken Frost nor HMRCISSHITE either endorses or recommends their services.

What is Solar Tax Investigation Insurance?

Solar Tax Investigation Insurance is a tax-fee protection service that will pay up to £75,000 towards your accountant's fees in the event of an HM Revenue & Customs full enquiry or dispute.

To find out more, please use this link Solar Tax Investigation Insurance



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