Reminder Annual $125 User Fee for Customs Broker Permits and National Permits is Due by February 27, 2004
In December 2003, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a notice announcing that the 2004 annual $125 user fee that is assessed for each permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation is due by February 27, 2004.
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CBP had also stated that it expects that the annual user fee for such permits for subsequent years will normally be due on or about the twentieth of January of each year.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 12/19/03 news, 03121910, for BP summary of CBP's December 2003 notice.)
CBP contact - Bruce Raine (202) 927-0380
CBP notice (FR Pub 12/18/03) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31237.pdf.
BP Notes
According to CBP's regulations in 19 CFR 111.96(c), this user fee is payable for each calendar year at the port through which the broker was granted the permit or at the port referred to in 19 CFR 111.19(c) in the case of a national permit. These regulations also state that the user fee must be paid by the due date as published annually in the Federal Register, and must be remitted in accordance with the procedures set forth in 19 CFR 24.22(i) (Fee remittance and information submission procedures).
- CFR 111.96(c) also states that if a broker fails to pay the annual user fee by the published due date, the appropriate port director will notify the broker in writing of the failure to pay and will revoke the permit to operate. That notice, according to 19 CFR 111.96(c), will constitute revocation of the permit.