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Discover how you can improve your business success today
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- import or export goods, or use them in your business
- pay customs duties
- respond to invitations to tender involving the international movement of goods
- manage a supply chain
You might feel (more than most) anxious at the thought of whether you could do more in terms of customs compliance, saving customs duty and contributing via import/export management to business success. Can you guarantee that you are doing every single thing possible? If you automatically thought no ……..or felt unsure, then read on.
The fact is you can never feel 100% certain; importing and exporting rules, procedures and arrangements are complex and often changing aren't they? All those tricky bits and pieces, curious forms to fill in, procedures to follow, codes to find, public notices to check and terminology and rules you think everybody else understands (when actually they probably don't!) But don't think of all those rules, forms and procedures that might catch you out. Instead, imagine saying yes to getting some specialist help from Quadrel and seeing how relieved you'll feel – knowing precisely where you stand.
You gain benefits for your business if you:
- manage your customs and trade compliance;
- reduce import duties;
- resolve difficulties with UK Customs;
- achieve process efficiencies; and
- manage risk
So…. we work with you to ensure that your business plans and decisions are made which take account of customs implications and which optimize beneficial customs and trade arrangements as far as possible. We work with you to turn direct and indirect costs of importing into bottom line savings for you. You can save time, effort and money, gain higher productivity and competitive edge over other businesses that just "muddle" along.
Have you received a decision from HM Reveue & Customs you do not agree with?
Or which you don't understand? Have you received an demand for underpaid duty? Have you received a BTI with a different commodity code to the one you were expecting? Have you been denied use of a relief? Have you been challenged about customs values?
Ask us for an opinion about the decision you have received. We will hep you to decide whether you can challenge it by asking for a Departmental Review or appealing to the Tribunal.
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Interested in saving customs duty? Go to our blog at
www.importdutyplanning.blogspot.com
customs duty, duty saving, duty risks, the cost of doing nothing ... its all there
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Managing risk in business is always important but essential in a downturn. Whether unknown risk which is unquantifiable or known risk which is not being managed ... they lead the same way ... unwelcome attention by the regulatory and revenue authorties and a higher chance of financial penalties and impaired corporate reputation.
Those risks are enhanced when trading internationally. Such risks include financial risk, currency risk, customs compliance risk, export control and regulatory risks.
There is never a good time to write out a cheque to the authorities for non-comaplince, but the impact will have bigger impact on a business during a downturn. Similarly, a damaged reputation does not put a business in the best possible commercial position still less in a downturn.
What do you do to protect your business against the risks inherent in importing and exporting?
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For Clear Tax Advice always use a professionally qualified tax adviser. With Quadrel you can be confident that you are receiving customs duty advice from a professionally qualified adviser.
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YOU KNOW that you would not ignore deductions, credits and reliefs when paying corporate business tax in your organisation or personal tax on your own income.
You would also do all you could to reduce the amount of VAT you pay. So .......
WHY then are you ignoring customs duty savings, customs management, customs compliance risk and customs planning when paying import taxes and customs duties?
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Welcome to the Quadrel web site .... this is a business web site for commercial importers and exporters and those involved in international trade who need information and professional advice about customs duty (import tax).
(If you're member of the public looking for customs information please see the note at the bottom of this box.)
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Since July 2007, business can apply for AEO (Authorised Economic Operator) status. Will you be one? Do you know what it is?
Don't miss out on discovering much more about this important change to the way your business (or one you trade with) will operate .......
We'll tell you ...
* What AEO ("authorised economic operator") status is ...
* Why AEO is happening ...
* what the application questions and guidelines look like ...
* what you should think about to understand what it means to your business ...
So you'll understand what you have to consider - whether you decide to apply or not
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There are important changes you need to know about if you export or import; key developments and changes to customs and international trade took place in 2007 and continue in 2008 and 2009 including-
the new Customs Code
SAFE and introduction of AEO status (see seminar details above)
changes to origin and preference
new HS commodity codes
new CPCs
changes to the SAD
tackling illegal trade
HMRC approach to OPR and IPR audits
and more ...
Need information, support, guidance, help? Contact us.
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.... And for details of public and in-house training courses please follow the link to our training division (Phillips) in the International Trade Training Section in the banner bar above, or contact us via this page, or call 02392 354 421 now.
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We will be running a regular poll of topical issues, so please contribute and keep coming back to see the results. Or let us know what polls you would like to see. Your response and feedback is entirely anonymous and fully confidential.
Please keep coming back here for regular updates ........
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Members of the public who are looking for customs information (e.g. duty rates for personal imports or guidance on forms and procedures) should contact the UK Customs National Advice Service on 0845 010 9000 (+44 208 929 0152 outside UK), or visit the HM Revenue and Customs website at www.hmrc.gov.uk
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Benefits to your business
Increased shareholder, stakeholder, owner
value; … enhanced ROCE; ….. economic value added;
these are the beneficial outcomes that flow directly and indirectly
from ensuring customs and international trade compliance and
from pro-active customs planning. Why? How?
Want
to know more?
Identifying your needs
Uncertain if you have a need? Not convinced
this is an area of real benefit for your business? Needs may
take the form of risks or opportunities. A risk is a potential
exposure; an opportunity is a potential improvement.
Let’s take a quick look at a
few questions; any one of them could be the starting point
for thinking about improving your business. …. answering
“no” or “not sure “ or even “what
does that mean?” suggests an unexplored risk or opportunity
for your business... click
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