Question: My company recently joined the Periodic Monthly Statement program. I have a question regarding daily preliminary/final statements issued on the 11th workday of a month. For instance, the 11th workday for January 2026 fell on 01/16/2026 and the payment date was 01/23/2026. If an entry is added to a daily statement on 01/16/2026, will […]
Question: Hi all, Has the new ‘Periodic Monthly Statements (PMS) Dates for 2023’ been shared to the trade community yet? Not seeing it out there. Thank you. Answer 1: Good morning, I have not seen a newly published list, but unless the rules change: 1)On the 11th business day of the month CBP issues the […]
QUESTION: My company is set-up for PMS via ACH. However, I cannot find any specific detail on what date on the entry docs is used every month. Entry Summary Create date, Entry Summary Date, Entry date. Example – for March – any of these dates could have been in March or April. Entry summary create […]
QUESTION: My company is set-up for PMS via ACH. However, I cannot find any specific detail on what date on the entry docs is used every month. Entry Summary Create date, Entry Summary Date, Entry date. Example – for March – any of these dates could have been in March or April. Entry summary create […]
QUESTION: Hi we just recently got on to the PMS with Customs. Do we still need to authorize the entry payment based on daily statement on the 10th day for each entry? =========== Answers: Yes, because that is the date for the entry summary filing. The duties will be paid monthly through ACH Credit or […]
QUESTION: Each year the ‘ACE Monthly Trade Update’ would post a schedule of when to run the Periodic Monthly Statements. Has anyone in the industry seen a Preliminary Statement (11th working day)/ Final Statement (15th working day) table issued? I know I can count the days myself, but it gives me a little comfort to […]
QUESTION: Would anyone be willing to share their internal SOP for managing their PM statement ACH process? Our TC team will monitor via ACE, and of course we’ll be receiving the statements from our broker, however we need to develop an internal process with our finance department who will be funding the account. Specifically I’m […]
QUESTION: What is a better way of reporting non-revenue changes / revenue changes that fall under $20.00? PSC or quarterly reports? What is the process of Quarterly Reporting? Is done via ABI? ========== Answer: You should record them for your records, but if they are under $20 there is no obligation to report. ========== Addl […]
Question: Prior to entries being filed through ACE, we would file qualifying de minimis corrections via quarterly reports directly with various ports. How is the membership community now treating de minimis corrections? Are you having your broker create PSC corrections for all corrections to entries including de minimus situations? If you are choosing to […]
Question: I am not lazy and did some digging around on the CBP website and made a few calls, but cannot find any official list of the PMS Statement dates by month for 2016. Can anybody provide them? *********** Add’l Answer: We have received the past two lists in the Monthly ACE Trade Update.
Question: Can a customs broker put an importers duty on the brokers PMS account if the IOR is not set up with CBP for ACH or PMS and the IOR does not have an ACE portal? In other words. I have an importer with very large duty outlays but they do not want to pay […]
Question: Our broker recently invoiced us for a “PMS surcharge” on our bond. Has anyoneheard of this surcharge?
