NCTS GB Channels Downtime Scheduled for 8th June

BY:

Gail Leeson
23 May 2024

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HMRC have announced that essential systems maintenance is scheduled to be carried out on the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS), GB channels only, on Saturday, 08th June 2024

NCTS Downtime is scheduled as follows:

Date: Saturday 8th June, 2024

Time: From 10 pm to 11 pm


Notes:

Any NCTS GB data submitted during this period via the NCTS GB service channels will be held and processed once the maintenance activity has concluded and the service is resumed.


A link to the NCTS service availability page is below: 

https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/new-computerised-transit-system-service-availability


HMRC apologises for any inconvenience.


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