Amending a declaration
You can use your Customs Declaration Service software to submit amendments to import declarations. An amendment will cause the declaration to be re-validated.
Amendments can be made up until you receive a final tax calculation message from the Customs Declaration Service, unless:
- a claim to quota is being made, meaning the tax calculation at the end of the dwell time is provisional
- your account does not have enough balance to cover the customs debt (an alert will be issued to resolve this)
After you receive this message or if any of these scenarios apply, you cannot amend your declaration, but it can be cancelled and resubmitted if it has not been cleared.
If you submit a declaration and it is rejected, you will not be able to amend it. You will need to submit a new declaration.
If you submit an amendment to an existing declaration, and it is rejected, you can either submit a nil amendment (an amendment with no changes) or a new amendment to correct the error. The declaration will be paused until the error is corrected.
The message and notifications you receive after making a successful amendment depends on the type of declaration you are amending.
You can contact your software supplier:
- for more information on how to make an amendment
- to check if you can find out the status of your declaration through the Customs Declaration Service, Declaration Information Service
Cancelling a declaration
Cancellation in the Customs Declaration Service is referred to as ‘invalidation’.
An invalidation request can be made up until the declaration is cleared. If the declaration has not yet arrived, the invalidation will be automatically accepted.
If the declaration has arrived and is under control, the Customs authority (HMRC, UK Border Force or Trading Standards) will decide if the invalidation request should be accepted.
If the declaration is subject to a rejected amendment, it cannot be invalidated until the rejection has been resolved.
When the control is finalised and you receive a final provisional tax or insufficient balance message, the invalidation request will be automatically accepted.
Once a declaration is cleared, it cannot be amended or cancelled. You will need to apply for either a: