The South African Revenue Service (SARS) released its Customs External Policy Accreditation, which pertains to:
(a) SARS grants accreditation status to existing and new registered importers and exporters wishing to be accredited provided that they meet the accreditation criteria.
(b) To be considered for accreditation, clients can:
(i) Do self-assessment to see if they meet the accreditation criteria by completing the self-assessment evaluation SC-CF-07-A02;
(ii) Apply for accreditation by submitting the SC-CF-07-A02, the DA 186 and systems questionnaire SC-CC-03-A20; and
(iii) Write the accreditation test.
(c) Should the client not be successful, a compliance improvement programme can be used to assist the client to meet the criteria if agreed to between Sars and the client.
Story by: Riaan de Lange