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HMRC normally requires supplementary declarations to be submitted by the fifth working day of the month following a goods movement. However, HMRC recognises that businesses making supplementary declarations for the first time need extra support. HMRC is therefore giving you longer to submit your declaration information to TSS, allowing new users to get used to …

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The supplementary declaration is the final step in the import process and one that you are legally required to complete. If you moved goods between 1 January and 14 February, you will start receiving emails from TSS over the next month informing that you have supplementary declarations to complete. If you moved goods between 1- …

Supplementary declarations: important information for goods moved between 1 January and 14 February 2021 Read More »

HMRC is providing further support to help small- and medium-sized businesses adjust to new rules following Brexit and the end of transition from the EU Customs Union. SMEs established in the UK with no more than 500 employees can now claim up to £2,000 in grants from the SME Brexit Support Fund for advice and …

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Abbey VAT & Customs Services, an intermediary supporting several traders, was approached by an NI client importing a vehicle from GB to then sell it on to a customer in Ireland. Despite adding the correct commodity codes, customs procedure codes and postponed VAT details, the trader was still receiving multiple error messages on CDS when …

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You can now use TSS to make payments for any duty calculated in your supplementary declarations. For more information about the process for payments and dates you need to make them by, you can view the guide available here. Initially you will only be able to make payments associated with your declarations using the TSS …

You can now use the TSS Duty Deferment Account to make duty payments – here’s how Read More »

From 9:00pm today (1 April) until 8:00am on 2 April all declaration and payment submissions from the TSS portal will be disabled while the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is upgraded by HMRC. This will not impact any declarations already completed through TSS or CDS. However, if you plan to move goods during or immediately after …

Planned downtime for Customs Declaration Service (CDS) – what you need to know Read More »

You will soon be able to use TSS to make payments for any duty calculated in your supplementary declarations. For more information about the process for payments and deadlines for when they need to be made, view our new guide here. Initially you will only be able to make payments associated with your declarations using the …

Making duty payments: TSS Duty Deferment Account available soon Read More »

Eakin Bros Ltd, a car dealer based in Northern Ireland, contacted TSS for help processing their supplementary declarations through the portal last week.   A TSS agent supported the trader by looking up the commodity codes for the goods using the ‘Northern Ireland Online Tariff’ service.   Once the agent found the correct page for the goods in the …

How ‘one little code change’ makes the difference for a NI car dealer Read More »

If you submit large numbers of ENS declarations, you can automate the submission process through use of an API.  Following a recent upgrade, the API will soon support the upload of simplified frontier declarations for controlled goods as well as supplementary declarations for standard goods.   Guidance to support your development of an API can be found here. …

API facility expands to cater for controlled goods simplified frontier declarations Read More »

HM Government has announced that the grace period available to supermarkets and their authorised traders will continue to be in place until at least 1 October 2021. During this grace period shipments of SPS goods do not need export health certificates (EHCs), phytosanitary certificates or marketing standards certification. SPS goods include products of animal origin …

Grace period for Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) goods extended until 1 October 2021 Read More »