Brexit – Import/Export Changes – Are you Ready?

Dains have been approved as a fully accredited Customs training provider and as such are offering training around the new import and export changes that will come into force on 1 January 2021. Places are booking up fast as businesses are realising that Brexit is fast approaching.

How could this impact my business?

If your goods arrive at EU borders with incorrect paperwork you could see:

• your goods held up at the point of import/export or
• errors resulting in duty being over or under paid
• investigations by HMRC once either the import/export declaration has been completed
• penalties imposed for incorrect declarations

We can offer:

• Grant funded Virtual Training Workshops
• Bespoke training tailored to your business and industry requirements
• Small group training sessions of no more than 4-5 people
• The training is fully funded by a grant and will not cost you a penny
• Even while staff are furloughed they can still train

Did you know

• It is estimated that 500,000 additional custom entries could be made per day due to these changes?
• Asking a third party to complete these entries for you could cost you in excess of £50 per entry

Register your Interest at https://dains.typeform.com/to/KiHlPc

Further info: https://www.dains.com/events/import-export-changes-workshops

Brexit Hub

Here at Dains we are currently updating our website so that we can give more focus to all matters Brexit. As such we are currently looking to launch our new “Brexit Hub” next week which will serve as one-stop-shop for everything Brexit related and provide a clear channel for our clients and contacts to keep up to date.

New Hires

We have welcomed 2 new senior members to our growing team at Dains namely: Terri Bruce, Director of Indirect Tax for SMEs and Not for Profits and Emma Wallace, Forensic Director.

Terri Bruce: Terri started her career in VAT with Customs & Excise before leaving to become a VAT consultant within the accountancy profession. She has worked for three of the Big Four and other mid-tier firms and prides herself on providing pragmatic and commercial advice.

Terri has been advising businesses, individuals and charities on VAT matters for nearly 30 years She has a wealth of experience in VAT and particular experience in advising owner managed businesses and not for profit entities on issues such as VAT mitigation and simplification (including cash flow management), land and property transactions, partial exemption methods, international supplies and dispute resolution.

Emma Wallace: Emma is a qualified chartered accountant with over 10 years’ “Big 4” experience as a forensic accountant. She has worked on a variety of disputes, financial misconduct investigations and other forensic accounting engagements across a wide variety of industry sectors, including retail, consumer products, manufacturing, construction/infrastructure, and the charities sector.

Her forensic experience includes loss of profits, breach of contract and share warranty claims, professional negligence, matrimonial disputes, misappropriation of funds/ expenses, asset tracing and bribery and corruption investigations.

We have also recently promoted Mark Gurney to Audit Director. Mark has over 17 years’ experience of working within the audit profession and works with a wide range of businesses across several sectors including owner managed business, complex groups, academies, charities and not-for-profit organisations and professional services practices.