Understanding Common User Charges: When and How You’ll Receive Your Statement and Invoice

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Niamh O'Connor
11 September 2024

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Traders should soon receive their Sevington BCP common user charge Statement of Account, which sets out the payments that have been received and what charges remain outstanding. The statement will be issued at the end of each month.

The first Sevington BCP common user charge invoices were issued on August 5th, 2024. The first invoice includes all imports of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) goods between April 30th and July 31st, 2024 (the first three months) that were notified on IPAFFS on or after April 30th



Billpayers have up to 30 days from the date on the invoice to pay the common user charge. Payment for the first invoice is due by September 4th, 2024. Subsequent invoices will be issued monthly, at the beginning of each month, in arrears for the previous month's Sevington BCP common user charges.


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