Advice

We have extensive experiance in all areas of customs and excise duty consultancy.

In particular, we can provide assistance with:

• Tariff classification.

• Origin.

• Valuation.

• Duty reliefs.

• Import, export and duty suspension processes.

Our consultants are able to quickly determine the needs of a client and rapidly implement any necessary and advantageous changes to ensure compliance and reduce the tax burden.

Duty minimisation

Companies often pay too much duty as a result of a failure to manage their import and export arrangements as effectively as possible.

This can result from the misclassification of goods, a perceived inability to benefit from free trade agreements, not employing duty reliefs, etc.

In particular, tariff suspensions and inward processing for release to free circulation are under employed measures that can be used to reduce or eliminate the duty burden.

Duty recovery

Where duty has been overpaid, it is generally possible to seek its recovery going back up to three years.

Also, where a duty relief might have been implemented, often it is also possible to retroactively apply the measure. Here, duty can be recovered in the twelves months prior to the submission of the application for approval.

We specialise in the recovery of duty and are almost always able to find meaningful savings for our clients.

Representation

We have assisted a range of clients in the lower and upper customs courts in the UK and The Netherlands.

In addition, we have engaged counsel to pursue cases to the Court of Appeal and the European Court of Justice.

Largely, we have dealt with the tariff classification of goods. In addition, we have pursued cases in relation to import valuation, origin, repayment interest, excise duty liability, etc.

Additionally, we regularly provide assistance to importers that have had their goods seized as a result of a failure to comply with cross border formalities. We have a notably high recovery rate.