Our national Customs and Excise team offer access to the largest team of dedicated professionals in the areas of customs, excise, industry and trade consultancy, supported by an international team operating in over 100 countries.
With an unrivalled knowledge of customs, excise and trade law, combined with the necessary supporting multifunctional legal, accounting, scientific and engineering skills, we work with organisations of all sizes. Our focus is to minimise duty costs, assist with dispute settlements, liaise with the various customs and excise authorities and trade agencies, and respond to compliance needs with creative strategies and solutions to reduce compliance costs.
As the global marketplace continues to shrink, the issues associated with world trade are no longer isolated to organisations that operate on a cross-border or multinational scale.
Services offered We can assist you to deliver results in the areas of minimising duty costs, enhancing trading performance, responding to your compliance needs with competitive strategies to reduce compliance costs, and providing representation with the customs and excise authorities and trade policy agencies, including the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service and the Australian Taxation Office.
Cost reduction strategies
- Enhanced project by-laws scheme ("EPBS") - Utilizing the Department of Innovation's EPBS, applicants in qualified industries can import machinery, equipment and components for projects duty free, providing project eligibility requirements are met. EPBS can provide significant savings on duty paid for imports related to large capital works projects that have a capex of over $10 million.
Read more by downloading our Enhanced project by-laws scheme (pdf file, 185KB) for your reference.
- Customs DutyAnalyser
- Ensuring that your business is not overpaying customs duty on imports is important to the bottom line. Is your business taking advantage of all available duty reduction mechanisms? Our DutyAnalyser product can provide you with visibility to your duty spend and we can recommend means by which to reduce your business' duty liability.
In addition, if your business is currently importing goods, it may be possible to obtain refunds of overpaid customs duties for up to four years and in addition obtain prospective concessions for your importations.
Read more by downloading our Customs DutyAnalyser (pdf file, 62KB) for your reference.
- Fuel tax credits - Many businesses are not closely examining their fuel usage and are consequently not maximising their fuel tax credits. An independent review can help ensure that your business is not missing out on any available cash savings.
Read more by downloading our Fuel tax credits (pdf file, 468KB) for your reference.
Risk management Our Customs and International trade team uses a three-phased approach to evaluate your company's compliance with Australian Customs legislation and entry requirements. Our independent review can provide you with a picture of any areas in your supply chain where risk should be mitigated to avoid fines and penalties from the Customs authorities. Please contact one of our specialists for additional information.
Read more by downloading our
Three phased approach to customs compliance (pdf file, 1MB) for your reference.
