Payment Methods: Handling Letters of Credit

This presentation focusses on what the HMRC Authorised Economic Operator Status accreditation is, but more importantly, examines whether being an AEO will benefit your own organisation or if staying outside the AEO system will have a detrimental effect on your business. AEO status was introduced in the EU in 2008 and is now part of UK legislation and will be linked to the new border management system coming into force the Trusted Trader Scheme.

The aim of interactive session is to demonstrate how supplies of goods and services to overseas customers may or may not be subject to UK VAT and evidence to VAT zero-rate. It illustrates how a UK business should handle VAT obligations when receiving supplies from an overseas business, managing import VAT/PVA, and when import VAT can be reclaimed. It also looks at the circumstances in which a UK business must register for VAT overseas (eg in the EU).

In this workshop learner will find out why the tariff is so important, not only because it contains the commodity codes classifications but because of it's link to other trade measures. It looks at the structure of the Harmonised System (HS) and uses interactive session to help you understand how to classify your goods, the importance of section and chapter notes and how and when to use the General Interpretative Rules (GIRs).

With the UK developing new independent trade arrangements both to encourage the export and import of goods and services from affiliated markets, this session is a must. Some knowledge of customs regulations is recommended or attendance on courses introducing this topic. This course looks at the structure of new and old UK international trade agreements, the key rules of origin and how to understand the whole agreement coverings goods, services and other trade issues.

This course has been created to meet the growing demand for specialist training in export processes that apply to food and drink products. It explains the regulatory bodies involved, what they do and what they need from a food/drink exporter. It will help you understand labelling and registration of products and where to obtain further information.

This popular workshop is aimed at anyone involved in international trade and customs compliance within a business. Whether from a management or administrative point of view, this course will illustrate how to promote a strong "compliance culture" throughout an organisation. It assists the understanding of international regulations and how to establish performance metrics (KPIs). Covers: classification, valuation, origin, duty minimization schemes, licences, AEO and audits.

In this workshop learner will find out why the tariff is so important, not only because it contains the commodity codes classifications but because of it's link to other trade measures. It looks at the structure of the Harmonised System (HS) and uses interactive session to help you understand how to classify your goods, the importance of section and chapter notes and how and when to use the General Interpretative Rules (GIRs).

Also called drop shipping, cross-border deliveries or 3rd country supplies, instructing suppliers to ship directly to your customers without the goods being delivered to you first is becoming more common and requires careful planning.