Use a cash account for Customs Declaration Service declarations
Find out how the Customs Declaration Service cash account works, when it can be used and what type of customs charges you can pay.
You can use your cash account to pay duties due for your goods when you make your declaration.
You’ll be able to:
- make a payment into your cash account
- authorise your agent to use the account on your behalf
- pay import duties and taxes using the cash account, in order of when you made the declarations
- withdraw funds from your cash account
Get a cash account
Subscribe to the Customs Declaration Service.
Once you have access, you’ll automatically get a cash account.
Before you use your cash account for Customs Declaration Service declarations, you need to have an EORI number starting GB.
View your cash account
On the ‘Manage import duties and VAT accounts service’, you can view your account and manage who has permission to use it.
Authorise someone to use your account number
You can give someone, such as a customs agent or freight forwarder, authority to use your cash account number when making an import declaration for you. You can also use the agent’s cash account.
If you use the Customs Declaration Service
Sign in to ‘Manage import duties and VAT accounts’ if you want to:
- add an authority for someone to use your cash account number
- amend a standing authority
Get help and support
Contact the HMRC accounting centre if you have any queries about using a cash account for the Customs Declaration Service.
Email HMRC
You can send an email to: customsaccountingrepayments@hmrc.gov.uk.
Include ‘Use a cash account for Customs Declaration Service declarations’ in the subject line.
Phone HMRC
Telephone: 0300 322 7064 — select option 1
Opening times:
Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
Closed on weekends and bank holidays.
Updates to this page
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References to Flexible Accounting System have been removed as it has been replaced by cash accounts for Customs Declaration Service declarations.
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Information on how to get help to use a cash account for Customs Declaration Service declarations has been added.
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Information about authorising someone to use your account number has been added.
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First published.