Gentlemen
The Container is indeed arriving here in not so sunny Felixstowe on Friday, Vessel is shown on arrivals system as berthing at 1800Hrs
Vans Agent has finally seen fit to send me some paperwork as regards the contract and prices and it seems that despite the fact that Vans were given precise instructions from David as to Loading and Document preparation, it has been decided to do something completely different.
Many of you will have read some of the Hogwash about the death of the C100 and what that means, complete and utter rubbish the only thing that has happened is that the paper form that you had to complete has been pensioned off. All the information that you filed on the form is still sent to customs but electronically as part of the formal entry rather than as an additional accompanying document that added half a day to the clearance process.
This however means that theaudit process from HMRC has become slightly tougher and as a result I have advised David that he could face audit issues if selected as Vans have crated everything up individually rather than in 1 big crate as previously planned
It will therefore be necessary to prepare and submit entries for anyone who has a crate rather than a share of a crate and handle those shipments individually. Painful I know but I would rathe pain now and no hassle later rather than hassle free now and pain for some in 2010/11 during audit. If some have difficulty with understanding that I will send the details of my accountants who are arguing over a VAT Agency issue dating to 2006 and £42000 that HMRC have suddenly decided we owe.
I have therefore asked David to contact the parties concerned and supply their up to date contact info so I might liaise with them next week.
Timeframe Plan for those Interested (Draft)
30/10 Arrives Felixstowe
Wed 4/11 Unload at Warehouse and begin HMRC Clearances
Fri 6/11 Goods avail for collection from 1300 Hrs
Monday 9/11 Deliveries to Home Addresses on Hiab Vehicle commence
Jon