18 October 2024| CATEGORIES: Customs, EU VAT, Excise, General Court, Preliminary rulings| TAGS: CJEU, Customs, EU, General Court, VAT
Responsibility for preliminary rulings in six specific areas, including VAT and customs, has transferred to the General Court of the European Union. A new Chamber has been created to specialise in preliminary rulings on questions referred in the relevant areas.
29 September 2023| CATEGORIES: CDS, CHIEF, Customs, Customs declarations, Exports| TAGS: CDS, Customs, Export declarations
HMRC’s Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system is being replaced by the Customs Declaration Service (CDS). The last day to make import declarations through CHIEF was 30 September 2022. CHIEF was due to be closed for export declarations from 30 November 2023 (extended from the original date of 31 March 2023). However, HMRC have now announced that the deadline has been further extended, with a phased approach to implementation.
20 April 2023| CATEGORIES: Customs, Spring Budget 2023, VAT| TAGS: Customs, HMRC, Spring Budget 2023, VAT
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, presented the Spring Budget to the House of Commons on 15 March 2023. This article looks at the main points of interest from a VAT and Customs perspective. The full set of Spring Budget 2023 documents are available here.