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\n HMRC has announced a range of measures intended to simplify customs processes to reduce the administrative burden on business. This includes responses to consultations conducted earlier this year on:\u00a0<\/p>\n In June 2023, HMRC published a consultation on introducing a voluntary standard for customs intermediaries. This sought views on whether such a standard would encourage improvements in quality and consistency across the sector.\u00a0<\/p>\n Having received 55 written responses, including a response from ICAEW, HMRC has decided to proceed with plans to introduce a voluntary standard. HMRC noted in its response feedback from ICAEW that consideration should be given to how this standard would interact with existing standards for tax agents, such as Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation.\u00a0<\/p>\n Starting in spring 2024, HMRC will work with the British Standards Institution to develop a standard that is suitable for certification. This will involve co-design between government and industry, and a public consultation on the draft text of the standard.\u00a0<\/p>\n HMRC and HM Treasury published a call for evidence in June 2023, seeking views on how customs declaration requirements could be streamlined and how technology could be used to make meeting these requirements as simple as possible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n In its response to the call for evidence, ICAEW\u2019s Tax Faculty welcomed the exercise to remove unnecessary data requirements from customs declarations on the basis that this would save time and money for businesses importing and exporting. However, the faculty cautioned against introducing changes that may have unintended consequences.\u00a0<\/p>\n Following the responses to the call for evidence, the government will proceed with simplifying customs declarations by reducing the information that traders have to provide by up to a quarter. Further details will be published in due course.\u00a0<\/p>\n Following a call for evidence on the temporary admission procedure, the government has identified three areas for potential change:\u00a0<\/p>\n The government will consult further with industry in 2024 to establish how specific policy changes could deliver improvements to support traders importing goods temporarily into Great Britain (GB).\u00a0<\/p>\n HMRC\u2019s joint customs consultative committee<\/a> is working on a project to modernise customs authorisations<\/a>. This will include reducing the number of authorisation processes from 42 standalone authorisations to five groups of authorisations. A new customer portal for customs authorisations is expected in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n The responses set out next steps on measures to simplify customs import and export processes for traders.
\n <\/span>\n<\/p>\nIntroducing a voluntary standard for customs intermediaries\u00a0<\/h2>\n
The future of customs declarations\u00a0<\/h2>\n
Bringing goods into the UK temporarily\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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Other changes\u00a0<\/h2>\n