NCTS email channel for Transit submission will close at the end of the month

BY:

Gail Leeson
16 May 2022

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HMRC have published an update for Transit users further confirming that the NCTS email channel for Transit submission will close at the end of the month.

The New Computer Transit System (NCTS) email channel is closing at 11.59 on 31st May 2022


The NCTS email channel will no longer accept any new declarations from the end of May 2022, and from this date all users of the email channel will have needed to migrate to the new XML API channel.


HMRC have advised that the new XML API channel will provide a more stable platform for submission of Transit Declarations, is more able to handle the increase in post EU Exit declaration volumes and is more data secure than the closing Legacy XML Channel.

 

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  • It is recommended that affected businesses transition as soon as possible to give sufficient time to ensure preparedness to implement use of the XML API channel into working day practices.
  • HMRC further recommend that checks should be made with software providers to define the impact that moving to the new channel will have on a business and what business action needs to be taken. 


Successful implementation of new procedures may take time.



Support to users where software is incompatible with the new XML API channel

There are other options available should your business software be incompatible with the new XML API channel. 

These alternatives are:

  • The HMRC online portal, which is free to use or
  • By using standard Import/Export procedures to move your goods.


The above will apply to all Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) and Northern Ireland movements.


HMRC have confirmed that they will be writing to all businesses still using the email channel, in an effort to support migration to the new XML API channel, and begin to prepare to make submissions using the new channel from 1st June, 2022.


Link to the newsletter below:


Transit Newsletter 10 May 2022.


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