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This week’s EU exit corner, 19 March 2024

In this week’s EU exit corner, we bring you the latest guidance updates and publications relevant to EU exit. The most recent Trader Support Service bulletin is also available. We issue a reminder about the move of export declarations to the Customs Declarations Service (“CDS”) the deadline for which has now been extended and, from 1 March 2024, the EU has introduced a new digital system for union goods. News of how changes to the CDS which take effect from 24 March 2024 impact on goods moving into Northern Ireland also features.  Move to CDS for all export declarations delayed to June 2024  HMRC had previously announced that from 30 March 2024 all export declarations must be made using the CDS and not CHIEF. Recently HMRC issued a Press Release confirming that all businesses can now move their export declarations to the CDS. However, instead of requiring the CDS to be used for all exports from 30 March 2024, businesses who have yet to move their export declarations to CDS will have a transition period to move across until 4 June 2024. After this date, customs declarations will not be able to be submitted through the CHIEF service.   More information about moving to the Customs Declaration Service is available on GOV.UK. HMRC says that it will continue to provide help and support to businesses moving to CDS in the coming months and will continue to work closely with the border industry throughout this process.  Digital proof of status for EU goods  From 1 March 2024, the EU has introduced a new digital system for union goods (products made in the EU or imported with duties paid). Union goods avoid EU customs procedures but require digital “Proof of Union Status” when moving them between EU countries and Northern Ireland via a non-EU territory.   To use the new system, traders should email admin.uum@hmrc.gov.uk with their name, email, registration confirmation, NI business address, and XI EORI number. More information is available in a recent Agent Update.  Impact of CDS changes on goods moving into Northern Ireland  From 24 March 2024, HMRC changes to the CDS will affect how you make declarations into Northern Ireland. After this date, to use your UKIMS authorisation, you (or your agent or intermediary) will need to start using some new codes and your UK Internal Market Scheme authorisation (“UKIMS”) authorisation number.   These changes will apply to goods moving into Northern Ireland from Great Britain (GB-NI) and to goods moving into Northern Ireland from a country outside of both the UK and the EU (Rest of World-NI).  If you (or your agent or intermediary) have been using the ‘NIREM’ code to declare goods ‘not at risk’, you could be impacted by these changes if you haven’t already got a UKIMS authorisation. From 24 March 2024, if you use the ‘NIREM’ code without declaring a valid UKIMS authorisation, duties at the EU rate will be calculated and will be charged to you by CDS if duties are due.  Note that there will be additional considerations if you are:- moving goods that will be subject to processing in Northern Ireland;  moving goods subject to tariff-rate quotas, such as steel; or  seeking to waive duties under the customs duty waiver scheme.  Further guidance on these changes will be published on GOV.UK from 24 March 2024. In the meantime, HMRC has advised us that letters are being sent to affected traders to notify them in advance.  Miscellaneous updated guidance etc.   Recently updated guidance, and publications relevant to EU exit are set out below:-  Reference documents for The Customs (Reliefs from a Liability to Import Duty and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;  Import, export and customs for businesses: detailed information;  Simplified Customs Declaration Process: notification of non monetary amendment;  Change or cancel a Simplified Frontier Declaration;  Moving qualifying goods from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK;  Trading and moving goods in and out of Northern Ireland;  Search the register of customs agents and fast parcel operators; and  Customs Declaration Service. 

Mar 19, 2024
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This week’s EU exit corner, 4 March 2024

In this week’s EU exit corner, we bring you the latest guidance updates and publications relevant to EU exit. The most recent Trader Support Service and Cabinet Office Borders bulletins are also available. HMRC has contacted us with another reminder that from 1 March 2024, the Import One Stop Shop opened for businesses in Northern Ireland and the newly established Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee has begun hearing evidence. And finally, the Department of the Environment and Rural Affairs has sent an email setting out common errors found by sample health certificate checks undertaken since the first phase of the UK’s new border controls were implemented from 31 January.  Miscellaneous updated guidance etc.   Recently updated guidance, and publications relevant to EU exit are set out below:  Official customs seals and trader sealing;  Data Element 2/3 Documents and Other Reference Codes (National) of the Customs Declaration Service (CDS);  Moving qualifying goods from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK;  Reference Documents for The Customs (Tariff Quotas) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;  Reference Document for The Customs (Origin of Chargeable Goods) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;  Reference document for authorised use: eligible goods and authorised uses;  Reference Document for The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;  Reference Documents for The Customs Tariff (Suspension of Import Duty Rates) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;  Reference Documents for The Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020; and  Reference documents for The Customs (Reliefs from a Liability to Import Duty and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. 

Mar 04, 2024
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This week’s EU exit corner, 26 February 2024

In this week’s EU exit corner, we bring you the latest guidance updates and publications relevant to EU exit. The most recent Trader Support Service bulletin is also available. HMRC has sent a further email reminder about changes to how goods are imported into Great Britain from Ireland as a result of the first phase of implementation of new import controls from 31 January 2024. And finally, HMRC has confirmed that the VAT Import One Stop Shop (“IOSS”) scheme in Northern Ireland will open for registrations from 1 March 2024.  VAT IOSS  We previously reported in our EU exit corner that HMRC had confirmed to Chartered Accountants Ireland that the delivery of the VAT IOSS in Northern Ireland (“NI”) would commence from 1 March 2024.   IOSS is an optional VAT accounting scheme that VAT registered businesses can use when they import low value goods (non-excise goods with a consignment value of £135 or less) from countries outside the EU and NI, to consumers in the EU, NI, or both. HMRC has confirmed that as planned, the scheme will be available for direct registrations in NI from 1 March 2024  Last week, HMRC published guidance on the scheme and the changes on how to report VAT on sales of low value goods that are located in Great Britain at the point of sale to consumers in Northern Ireland.   Find more information on GOV.UK at: - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vat-import-one-stop-shop-scheme.  Miscellaneous updated guidance etc.   Recently updated guidance, and publications relevant to EU exit are set out below:  Designated export place (DEP) codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service;  Notices made under the Customs (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;  Notices made under the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018;  Apply to use simplified declarations for imports you entered in your records without authorisation;  Making a simplified frontier declaration;  Check how to move goods through ports that use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service;  Manually arrive your goods in the UK;  Making a full import declaration; and  Trading and moving goods in and out of Northern Ireland. 

Feb 26, 2024
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This week’s EU exit corner, 19 February 2024

In this week’s EU exit corner, we bring you the latest guidance updates and publications relevant to EU exit. The most recent Trader Support Service Bulletin is also available. Now that the first phase of the UK’s new import controls has commenced, we take this opportunity to remind you of the various phases in both the UK’s Border Target Operating Model and implementation of the Windsor Framework which are set out in a flyer prepared by the Institute’s Public Policy and Tax team. More guidance is set out below on the first phase of the UK’s new import controls in the context of certain meat products which confirms an extension to certain transitional arrangements until 30 April 2024, and we also take a look at the outcome from the recent Call for Evidence on Expanding export support.  Guidance on the UK’s new import controls – certain meat products  The Foreign and Commonwealth Directorate Office has asked us to share recently published guidance on minced meats, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat in the context of the UK’s new import controls which commenced from 31 January 2024 which effectively extends the transition period until 30 April 2024.   The default position is that imports of meat preparations and minced meat into Great Britain must be deep frozen. Imports of minced poultry meat and pig or poultry mechanically separated meat are not permitted.  In 2022, Ministers announced a delay in applying these prohibitions and restrictions to imports from the EU. Consequently, the government extended the statutory transition for meat preparations until 31 January 2024.   The guidance note now published confirms that the statutory transition for meat preparations did not end on 31 January 2024 and has been further extended until the end of April 2024 in line with the timetable for checks under the Border Target Operating Model (“BTOM”).  Call for evidence outcome: Expanding DBT export support in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales  In this Call for Evidence, the Department for Business and Trade (“DBT”) proposed increasing its export support in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland by introducing one-to-one support to complement existing services.  The DBT proposes increasing its export support in the Nations by introducing one-to-one support that complements existing services in the form of DBT International Trade Advisors (“ITAs”). ITAs are currently available in the English regions, and introducing this support to Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, will ensure that DBT offers consistent export support across the UK. This rationale is set out in the corresponding document Exporting for Growth, DBT Services in the Nations.   Miscellaneous updated guidance etc.   Recently updated guidance, and publications relevant to EU exit are set out below:-  CDS Declaration Completion Instructions for Imports;  Customs declarants and declaration volumes for international trade in 2023;  External temporary storage facilities codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service;  Reference Document for The Customs (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;  Data Element 2/3 Documents and Other Reference Codes (National) of the Customs Declaration Service (CDS);  Notices made under the Customs (Export) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019;  Data Element 2/3: Documents and Other Reference Codes (Union) of the Customs Declaration Service;  Simplified procedures exclusion list of procedure and additional procedure codes for CDS;  Data Element 2/3: Documents and Other Reference Codes (Union) of the Customs Declaration Service; and  Authorised Consignee Temporary Storage (ACTS) location codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service. 

Feb 19, 2024
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Reminder: deadline for end of VAT margin scheme for certain second-hand vehicles

In October 2023, HMRC announced that the 31 October 2023 deadline for the end of the VAT margin scheme for second hand vehicles moved from Great Britain (“GB”) to Northern Ireland (“NI”) prior to 1 May 2023 was being extended to 30 April 2024. This six-month extension followed extensive lobbying from Chartered Accountants Ireland in September and October 2023. We are now issuing a reminder that the extended deadline of 30 April 2024 is in just over two and half months.   This means that any vehicles moved from GB to NI prior to 1 May 2023 but sold after 30 April 2024 will require output VAT to be charged on the full selling price, and not on the margin. Businesses affected should check how such stock is selling – please contact us to discuss if this vehicle stock continues to be slow-moving. 

Feb 12, 2024
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This week’s EU exit corner, 12 February 2024

In this week’s EU exit corner, we bring you the latest guidance updates and publications relevant to EU exit. The most recent Trader Support Service Bulletin is also available and the UK Government has provided a range of resources which aim to provide support as a result of the UK implementing the first stage of its new import controls which commenced from 31 January 2024 (see below for details). On the Northern Ireland front, the return of the Northern Ireland Assembly has resulted in a new committee being formed, the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee.   Resources to assist with new UK import controls  The UK Government has provided a range of resources which aim to provide support, help, and guidance as a result of the UK implementing the first stage of its new import controls which commenced from 31 January 2024 as part of the first phase of its Border Target Operating Model (“BTOM”). These are as follows:  Details of key contacts which can be used for urgent border issues relating to health certification and pre-notification;  Information on the UK Government’s approach to compliance and enforcement in respect of the BTOM;  An email from HMRC providing guidance on the customs requirements to move goods from Northern Ireland to Great Britain through Ireland; and  The latest Cabinet Office Borders Bulletin which contains important Border Target BTOM guidance for businesses.  Miscellaneous updated guidance etc.   Recently updated guidance, and publications relevant to EU exit are set out below:-  Software developers providing customs declaration software;  Known error workarounds for the Customs Declaration Service (CDS);  Importing SPS controlled goods that interact with ALVS;  How to apply for a repayment of import duty and VAT if you've overpaid (C285);  Designated export place (DEP) codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service;  External temporary storage facilities codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service;  Bringing commercial goods into Great Britain in your baggage;  Taking commercial goods out of Great Britain in your baggage;  Notices made under the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; and  Notices made under the Customs (Export) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. 

Feb 12, 2024
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