Excise
Customs Consultancy
Use our team of experts as your own in house consultancy. We can assist you with all HMRC customs matters.
Products
Services
Authorisation
Support
- Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)
- Customs Warehousing
- Simplified Customs Declaration Process (SCDP) – SDP/EIDR
- Inward Processing
- Outward Processing
- Authorised consignor/ consignee
Customs
Audit Services
- Critical review conducted of end to end purchasing through to import & customs declaration processes
- Audit of historic data and identification of potential savings or cashflow benefits available
- Identification of historic instances of non-compliance. Can be used to drive internal review of processes
- Communication with HMRC on your behalf as required
In-House
Training
- Workshops around customs matters for general awareness
- Background on customs compliance
- Tailored to your specific area of business
- Advice for dealing with HMRC audits
- Can drive internal improvement and encourage self-review of existing processes
HMRC
Audit Support
- Assistance for specific instances where a customs audit is being undertaken by HMRC
- Historic entry review to enable early detection and disclosure
- Preparation/presentation of documents and audit trails
- In person support during meetings/calls if required
- Review of any assessments made and advice on how to proceed
Example of duty reclaims
Case Study:
A major multinational business came to us with a problem – an error in their ERP had caused a large number of export transactions from a customs warehouse to be incorrectly duplicated as free circulation removals. This meant that the client had paid a large amount of import duty which should never have been paid.
The client could provide data of the exports in question but needed the details of the UK free circulation declarations in order to reclaim the duty. From product details and export dates the Langdon development team were able to write a script which would identify matching free circulation removals and create an MSS style report summarising the declarations and amounts paid incorrectly. Care had to be taken to only account for incorrect removals, as the declarations sometimes also included some correct free circulation removals.
The Langdon consultancy team assisted in applying for the duty reclaim and subsequent discussions with HMRC. A thorough review of the clients supporting documentations was conducted to ensure accuracy prior to submission. We achieved a very positive outcome for the business, with almost £1.5 million being reclaimed successfully.