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According to the UAE customs regulations, on a customs declaration, the goods may be grouped by HS code and country of origin.
For each item listed in the declaration, you are required to specify a code in the HS Code column and the country of origin in the Origin column.

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The "Customs Declaration (Import) (create)" form. The Lines of Declaration tab. The Items list

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If you need to add items to any group, select the group and use the Pick by Documents button on the toolbar of the lower table.

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The Lines of Declaration tab. The Groups of items list

Make sure that the correct exchange rate (from the actually submitted customs declaration) for the foreign currency with respect to the national currency is selected in the Rate column column–make sure that it matches the exchange rate from the actually submitted customs declaration, which is not always equal to the exchange rate of the Central Bank. The amounts in the CIF Foreign Value column are converted to the national currency by using the specified exchange rate and are shown in the CIF (AED) column.

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To include the service charge into the base for VAT calculation, select the Include the Service Charge into Import Value (for VAT calculation) check box and click the Allocate Service Charge Amount button. This check box appears only if the amount in the Service Charge box is greater than zero.

Once you click the Allocate Service Charge Amount, the button on the upper table's toolbar, the service charge amount will be allocated in the Service Charge column of the upper table proportionally to the group/item amounts specified in the Service Charge column of the upper table CIF (AED) column. After that, by using the Allocate button in the lower table, you can allocate the group's all amounts (from the CIF AED, Total Duty, and Service Charge columns) within the group proportionally to item amounts in the Invoice Amount column (of the lower table).

Then in the VAT Amount (AED) column, the VAT amounts for each item/group are calculated as based on the sum of the amounts from the following columns: CIF (AED) , Total Duty Amount, and Charge Amount.Then, the VAT amounts (in the VAT Amount (AED) column) for each item/group are calculated as the sum of the amounts from the following columns: CIF (AED) , Duty Amount, and Charge Amount, if the Include the Service Charge into Import Value (for VAT calculation) check box is selected, Service Charge.