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The government has released details of the one-off £8 million funding scheme for customs intermediaries and traders announced in September.
Customs intermediaries and traders completing customs declarations can now apply for grants to support training and IT with applications open from 4 December.
The government says it has engaged extensively with industry bodies and key providers of customs broker services – including freight forwarders, fast parcel operators and independent customs ...
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Freight software firm Agency Sector Management (ASM) says it is working on contingency plans in the event that the replacement for HMRC’s CHIEF system, Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is delayed.
CDS is due to replace CHIEF) system in phases by January 2019, but there is uncertainty whether the new system will ...
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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) faces a daunting task in preparing for the UK’s exit from the European Union, which could also hamper its ability to tackle tax fraud, said the House of Commons Public Accounts committee in a report published on 2 November.
It said that HMRC was being forced ...
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The programme for the new Customs Declaration System (CDS) is running seriously behind time, warn industry software experts.
CDS was due to replace HM Revenue & Customs ageing 'CHIEF' system early next year, but testing facilities that should have been made available at the end of July had still not been ...
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The government promised that HMRC would take steps to halve the time it takes companies to become Trusted Customs Traders from 120 to 60 days, as part of the Budget unveiled on 31 October. It also promised an additional £2 billion in UK Export Finance (UKEF) direct lending for overseas ...
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HM Treasury and HMRC have designed a package of measures, to help companies prepare for Brexit in March 2019.
It will include a one-off investment of £8 million to support broker training and increased automation.
Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mel Stride, said: “HM Treasury and HMRC have been engaging extensively with ...
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BIFA has complained that it has been kept in the dark over Government plans for Customs, saying that it only learned about plans to invest £8 million in customs training and automation from a report in The Times newspaper.
Director general Robert Keen said that in light of the significance of ...
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Descartes says that it the first successful declarations submitted via HMRC’s new CDS system had been carried out using its e-Customs system, on 3 September.
Descartes says it has been working closely with HMRC to prepare their first trader for making the first declaration using the Chief replacement and was now ...
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The remaining seminars on the new CDS computer system organised by HMRC, software firm ASM and BIFA are oversubscribed but more are planned in Heathrow, Southampton and Felixstowe
Hundreds of logistics businesses have been attending the roadshow to get up to speed on the new Customs Declaration Service coming into force ...
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Risks remain to the delivery of HM Revenue & Customs new CDS computer system, said the National Audit Office in a progress updated published on 28 June, although it acknowledges that progress has been made.
CDS (Customs Declaration Service) is HMRC’s replacement for the Chief computer system which is being implemented ...
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