Tax desk
Customs, priced the same way your tax is
Classification, valuation and duty relief, reviewed alongside the VAT and excise treatment of the same shipment, because the three rarely disagree by accident.
- Applies to
- Importers and re-exporters
- Reviewed with
- VAT and excise
- Typical output
- Written position per HS code
What it covers
What the engagement covers
A classification that is convenient at the border can be expensive at the audit. We take the position we can defend in both places.
Ask what applies to you- HS code classification review
- Customs valuation positions
- Duty exemption and suspension claims
- Free zone and mainland movement treatment
- Customs audit and query support
- Alignment with VAT and excise treatment
Who it is for
Three situations this is built for
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Regular importers
Enough declarations that a wrong code repeats hundreds of times before anyone checks.
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Free zone to mainland movers
Movements that change the duty and VAT position at the same moment.
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Anyone facing a customs query
A question already raised, where the answer sets the treatment going forward.
How it runs
Three stages, start to finished
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Review
Shipment review
We take a sample of declarations and check the codes and values actually used.
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Work
Position paper
A written classification and valuation position per product, with the authority cited.
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Close
Correction
Where past declarations were wrong, we file the correction and handle the queries.
Not included
What the fee does not cover
Listed because a scope is only clear when both halves are written down. Each of these is available; none is assumed.
- Clearing agent or broker services
- Physical inspection attendance
- Duty payment on your behalf
- Product certification or standards approval
Questions we get
Answered plainly.
A broker is paid to clear the shipment, not to defend the code three years later. The two goals usually agree, but when they do not, the liability sits with the importer.
Yes. Import VAT is calculated on the customs value plus duty, so a valuation change moves both numbers. That is why we review them together rather than in sequence.
Same desk
Also under Tax & Compliance Advisory
Talk to the tax desk
Send us a month of declarations.
We will tell you which codes we would defend, which we would change, and what the change is worth.