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Until 2019, Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (CHIEF) is the computer system of the United Kingdom's revenue and customs services, HMRC, used for managing the declaration and movement of goods into and out of the United Kingdom and allowing UK traders to communicate with counterpart customs systems in the other member states of the European Union.
Following reports [6] [7] of conflict between HMRC and the Government Digital Service (GDS), HMRC has been developing its own service which allows users to sign in using an existing Government Gateway user ID. [5] HMRC will begin migration from the Government Gateway to the One Login For Government, a new system being developed by GDS, during 2023.
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (commonly HM Revenue and Customs, or HMRC) [4] [5] is a non-ministerial department of the UK government responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of state support, the administration of other regulatory regimes including the national minimum wage and the issuance of national insurance numbers.
The system is estimated to need to process 400 million customs declarations per year. [2] As of 28 August 2020, the system is still in beta testing, [3] and user testing of the system had only just started, with four months to go before the system needed to go live. [4] The system was partially introduced on 1st January, 2021. [5] [6]
The Inland Revenue was merged with HM Customs and Excise to form HM Revenue and Customs which came into existence on 18 April 2005. [2] The current name was promoted by the use of the expression "from Revenue and Customs" in a series of annual radio, and to a lesser extent, television public information broadcasts in the 2000s and 2010s.
HMRC's 2017 consultation response stated that spreadsheets can be used if they can meet with HMRC's technical requirements. [5] However, many taxpayers will use more comprehensive accounting software to avoid the complications of linking a spreadsheet to their digital tax account. [ 6 ]
Since 2004/05 the system has linked directly to the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) portal for online filing of PAYE and P11D, [4] as well as facilitating IR35 income and expense association with contracts and employees. [5] In 2009, Liberty Accounts was accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). [5]
HM Customs and Excise (properly known as Her Majesty's Customs and Excise at the time of its dissolution) was a department of the British Government formed in 1909 by the merger of HM Customs and HM Excise; its primary responsibility was the collection of customs duties, excise duties, and other indirect taxes.