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MEPS to host another breakfast – Increase your Customs Compliance!

aking — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:56:51 +0000

Mercury E-Portal Solutions will be hosting a second breakfast on November 12th, 2009 at the Toronto Airport Marriott hotel.

This breakfast session will focus on increasing customs compliance as well as highlighting the government reporting changes that are taking place over the next two years (ACI vs. CSA).

See our blog post regarding the differences between ACI and CSA.

Personal invites to follow. In the meantime, if you’re interested, please contact us.

Customs Self Assessment Program – Is CSA right for my company?

aking — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:29:26 +0000

There are a lot of misconceptions about the Customs Self Assessment program out there. I’ve attempted to address a few of them in my previous blogs, but the ultimate question still remains:

Is CSA right for my company?

The first question to ask yourself is : Do you want to reduce importation costs and improve Customs Compliance?

Here are some Operational qualifying questions :

Does my company currently have a process that compares customs declarations to our commercial invoices? Could it be better?
Do we want to improve your level of compliance with customs regulations?
Do we want to reduce the amount of manual paperwork we complete for Canada Customs?
Does our operation depend on assured movement of goods across the border into Canada?

Here are some Financial qualifying questions :

Do we process more than 400 importation transactions per year?
Do we spend more than $10,000 per year with Customs brokers?
Do we want an import process that is driven by our own systems and financial records, rather than a third party?
Do we want to minimize our exposure to Customs penalties?
Do we want to substantially reduce the amount of amending entries we make?

If you answered YES to any of the above Operational or Financial questions, then CSA is definitely worth a look. MEPS has a process that makes CSA easy to achieve and affordable. We typically reduce our clients’ importation fees by 40% in the first year, while also improving their customs compliance! Contact us now to meet with our team of CSA experts.

If you would like to understand more about CSA, I invite you to look around our website, namely the following page : What is CSA?

Have you seen us on the CBSA website?

aking — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:28:27 +0000

Did you know MEPS has been an authorized CSA service provider since mid-2007?

Find us on the official CBSA website, it can be difficult to find, so here’s the link :

http://cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/eservices/sp-fs/03-eng.html

Check us out on the CBSA website and then contact us to learn more about what Mercury E-Portal Solutions can do for your business! We’ll help you get on CSA and increase your compliance and reduce your importation costs!