TARA Trade & Regulatory Advisors

URL: http://www.customsadvisor.co.uk

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Description: TARA is a consultancy specialising in Trade and Customs issues

It was set up by Alex McLoughlin who is a graduate in Politics, Economics and Statistics and has a post-graduate diploma in Computing and Business Studies. After nearly twenty years dealing with Trade issues on both sides of the Atlantic and with Asia-Pacific countries, he is well placed to interpret European, US and International Trade and Customs legislation especially for multinational and High Technology companies.

The services on offer from TARA are at three levels dependent upon the issue and an organisation's needs.

External Representation e.g. to the DTI, European Commission, HM Customs, the US Government and/or organisations by experienced practitioners.

Internal Consultancy, support, training, including tailor-made check lists for duty reduction, research, access to world-wide databases, and a plan of action.

Advice and Support available at the end of a phone/fax/e-mail system including access to other consultancies in UK, Europe, Japan and the United States.

Taken together, Nigel, Janet and Alex have some of the most extensive experience available in the UK. They can assist your business across the board and from top to bottom in defining the solutions to Customs problems, including:-

Tariff Classification
Import Valuations
Import Preferences
Tariff Quotas
Community Transit
Warehousing
Duty Reliefs
Seizures
VAT
Intrastat
Customs, Import and Export Systems
Advice on liability to duty
Disputes and negotiations with Customs and Excise, including requests to Customs and Excise for review of decisions
Appeals to the VAT and Customs Tribunals, the EU Commission and the European Court of Justice (at low cost)
Representation in Criminal Investigations, and Commercial Audits

There is a national problem in UK with the rapid elimination of expert Import/Export and Customs specialists in the last 10 years - to such an extent that many companies are totally deficient of any expertise and wholly reliant on Freight Forwarders who are themselves unable to acquire sufficient expert personnel. Paul, Alex and other associates have saved clients tens of millions of pounds (and customs penalties) by quiet, sensible and practical application of their experience and grafting it on to in-house personnel. But, it is not just about cost reduction. This expertise is an important component in international competitiveness at both the company and the national level.

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