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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 the groups of items are listed in actual customs declaration, select the Group by H.S. Code and Country of Origin check box. Once the this option is selected, items in the list are replaced with groups, and an additional table appears in the lower part of the form. This lower table lists the items of the group which is selected in the upper table. For example, in the screenshot below, you can view 3 groups of items in the upper panel ("Seats - MY" and "Furniture - MY" from Malaysia and "Seats - SE" from Singapore) and, in the lower table, 3 items of group 1 ("Furniture") selected in the upper table.

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 for the foreign currency with respect to the national currency is selected in the Rate column–make sure that it matches column–the rate should match 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. This check box appears only if the amount in the Service Charge box is greater than zero.

Once you click Use the Allocate Service Charge Amount button on the upper table's toolbar , the to allocate 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 CIF (AED) column. After that, by using

You can use the Allocate button in the lower table , you can to allocate the each 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

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