Question: For those of you with CBP Account Managers, how do you use them in regardsto their guidance? For instance, do you ask them granular questions like youmight ask a broker or consultant or do you only request guidance from themon major issues such as controls and reporting etc? I would be very cautiouswhat types […]
Our Traffic and Customs department received a form 1099-G from CBP inIndianapolis. Box 6 “Taxable grants” contains a $ amount… Would beinterested in getting comments from the membership regarding thesignificance of the form, i.e., why its issued and what’s it tell us.
Question:We are a large corporation, and have numerous divisions and individualcompanies with different Fed ID#s. Company “XYZ” we’ll call it has a Fed ID# of 12-3456789 and their importbond and their ACH is set up under that Fed ID#; and another Company we’ll call “ABC” has a Fed ID# of 99-55555555, theyhave a separate bond […]
Question: I was wondering if the members think that Customs audits have increased in frequency and intensity over the past few years? How would you describe the current environment as it pertains to audits in this economy? Are there any statistics on the number of companies under audit at any specific time? Are there any […]
Question: Does anyone have a step by step guide on what to do when filing a cost submission to customs? We will be filing our first one this year and we are not sure what to do once we have the info from our brokers and our IMMEX. We know we have […]
I would like to ask those members who have a CBP National Account Manager how they would characterize their relationship with their account manager? Beyond keeping an eye on your company’s compliance activity, what types of support and services does the account manager provide? Do they provide you any import reports, assist with identifying flagged […]
Has anyone been experiencing their goods being held in Customs in the Dom. Rep., and no complete explanation has been given as to why? According to our Freight Forwarder and Customs Broker in the Dominican Rep., all cosmetic products are now being held and new documentation may be needed from us in order to secure […]
Does anyone know CBP’s threshold for importers to be assigned an Account Manager?
Does anyone know CBP’s threshold for importers to be assigned an Account Manager?
BIS and CBP recently expressed totally opposite perspectives about balancing trade security with trade facilitation. What do ICPA members make of this? May 9 CBP COAC meeting: CBP Commissioner Ralph Basham says that after nearly seven years of emphasizing supply chain security “we know we’re going to have to focus more of our energies at […]
If our trademarks and names are registered with Customs, what happens if a shipment crosses the border using a trade name in the registration? How does Customs monitor these shipments (by description on hard copy paperwork or electronic data)? What measures will Customs take to stop or seize those shipments? If we are aware of […]
