Customs Act comment - deadline extended

The freight industry has been granted an extension until June 19 (from June 5) for public comment on the first set of rules guiding the Customs Duty Act. According to a source the duty act is far more technical than the Customs Control Act on which public comment has concluded and feedback has been received from the South African Revenue Service. The Duty Act also deals with all the tax aspects around customs and has to be looked at in fine detail. There are some 30 chapters of rules under the Duty Act on which comment is due, with the Excise Act and its Excise Rules still to follow. Industry has also called on Sars to publish a second draft of all the rules that have been commented on for industry to peruse again to see all the changes made, accepted and not accepted.