https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates<\/a><\/p>"}
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The UK Internal Market Scheme (UKIMS) replaced the previous UK Trader Scheme on 30 September 2023, allowing a much wider range of businesses to move goods into Northern Ireland under the existing \u2018not at risk\u2019 arrangements, with over 3,000 new businesses now authorised.<\/p>
From 30 September 2024, UKIMS traders will also be able to benefit from the new simplified processes for UK internal market movements which will scrap burdensome supplementary declarations and allow for the use of a simpler dataset based on standard commercial information as opposed to full customs declarations as is required currently.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
There is also tailored support available for businesses trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland via the free-to-use Trader Support Service (TSS).<\/p>"}
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The Government is committed to ensuring smooth trade flows within the UK internal market.<\/p>
The UK Internal Market Scheme (UKIMS) replaced the previous UK Trader Scheme on 30 September 2023. UKIMS allows a much wider range of businesses to move goods into Northern Ireland under the existing \u2018not at risk\u2019 arrangements than the previous scheme, with over 3,000 new businesses now authorised.<\/p>
Under UKIMS, the turnover threshold below which companies involved in processing can move eligible goods under the scheme quadrupled from the old £500,000 limit up to £2m, benefiting SMEs. From 30 September 2024, UKIMS traders will also be able to benefit from the new simplified processes for UK internal market movements which will scrap burdensome supplementary declarations and allow for the use of a simpler dataset based on standard commercial information as opposed to full customs declarations as is required currently.<\/p>
There is tailored support available for all sizes of businesses trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including small and medium-sized businesses, via the free-to-use Trader Support Service (TSS).<\/p>
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The Government is committed to ensuring smooth trade flows within the UK internal market.<\/p>
The UK Internal Market Scheme (UKIMS) replaced the previous UK Trader Scheme on 30 September 2023, allowing a much wider range of businesses to move goods into Northern Ireland under the existing \u2018not at risk\u2019 arrangements, with over 3,000 new businesses now authorised.<\/p>
From 30 September 2024, UKIMS traders will also be able to benefit from the new simplified processes for UK internal market movements which will scrap burdensome supplementary declarations and allow for the use of a simpler dataset based on standard commercial information as opposed to full customs declarations as is required currently.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
There is also tailored support available for businesses trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland via the free-to-use Trader Support Service (TSS).<\/p>"}
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As set out at Spring Budget 2024, the government is considering the findings of the OBR\u2019s review of the original costing of the withdrawal of tax-free shopping, published in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook on 6 March, alongside industry representations and broader data. The government welcomes further submissions in response to the OBR\u2019s findings.<\/p>"}
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HMRC\u2019s Service Level Standards (SLA) for responding to A1 certificate applications are 15 working days, where received through the online application forms, and 40 working days, where received by post.<\/p>
HMRC has implemented measures to bring processing back within the SLA by the end of April 2024.<\/p>"}
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As set out in the Statement of Funding Policy, the UK Government will fund the direct costs associated with reaching the required level of compliance to implement the UK Government\u2019s obligations under the Windsor Framework. Funding will continue to be provided to the Northern Ireland Executive for this purpose through the Estimates process.<\/p>"}
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HMRC does not report on the median or upper decile wait times for telephone calls. However, HMRC publishes data on the average speed of answer for customer calls and the percentage of calls where the customer waited more than 10 minutes.<\/p>
This information can be found at the following link:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports#reporting-year-2023-to-2024<\/a><\/p>"}
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The government has published draft legislation that allows the sending of payments to be delayed where there are reasonable grounds to suspect fraud or dishonesty, and more time is needed to contact the customer or relevant third parties.<\/p>
Subject to some exceptions to ensure Payment Service Providers (PSPs) meet other legal obligations, for example around tackling financial crime, PSPs will be obliged to inform the customer, set out the reasoning behind a delay, and what information or actions are needed to enable the PSP to decide whether to execute the payment.<\/p>
The government intends to introduce this legislation in summer 2024 and, subject to Parliamentary approval, for it to come into force on 7 October 2024.<\/p>"}
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Full information on the goods moved under the UK Internal Market scheme between 1 February and 10 March 2024 is not currently available. The UK Internal Market Scheme is currently live with over 7700 businesses in the scheme as of 11 March 2024, which includes over 3000 new businesses that did not benefit from the previous UK Trader Scheme.<\/p>"}
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