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Four UK accountancy firms are listed by HMRC as accredited customs agents. These are Deloitte, EY, Hillier Hopkins and PwC.
Customs declaration services are intended to help businesses with the documentation needed to move goods to and from mainland Europe and to Northern Island and ensure that they pay the correct VAT and duties if required. Duties will arise if a product originates or if made from a significant proportion of components that originate outside the UK and the EU.
Hillier Hopkins VAT and indirect tax director Ruth Corkin said: ‘HMRC estimates that businesses will need to make some 255 million customs declarations a year now that the UK exited the transition period on 31 December, an increase of 200 million on the 55 million previously made each year. It has now published a list of customs agents and advisers.’
Currently, most customs declarations are made by intermediaries and freight forwarders.
