Important Customs updates
April 2024
Customs authorisations will start to be streamlined later this year and will be categorised into five different groups.
This new system will allow UK traders to access the benefits of customs authorisations more easily, via the submission of data through a single digital platform.
Modernising authorisations
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Further to our recent article, HMRC continues to focus on duty demands relating to steel safeguard quotas. We recommend that any businesses in receipt of such a demand contact us to discuss their options.
Steel safeguard duty demands continue
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HMRC and HM Treasury launched a consultation last month in respect of the proposed design and administration of the UK carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), which will be implemented from 1 January 2027.
Launch of UK CBAM consultation
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We provide an update on hot topics and recent trends in relation to VAT for UK businesses, and provide practical recommendations to help you manage them.
We also give you an update on EU CBAM and what businesses need to do.
Webinar: VAT update for UK businesses
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The Upper Tribunal overturned the First Tier Tribunal’s decision which found that ThyssenKrupp Materials UK Limited was liable to pay a £8.8 million duty demand, as a result of non-compliance with their Inward Processing conditions.
HMRC loses Inward Processing case at Upper Tribunal
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has confirmed the introduction of charges on imports of specified animal and plant products from 30 April.
The charges will have a significant impact on importers of goods in scope.
Common user charges on food imports
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