Customs clearance and duty, posted right the first time.
Track every shipment from draft to release, capture duty and import VAT with jurisdiction templates, and post a segregated, balanced journal entry — with a full audit trail of every tax decision.
The problem
Customs duty and import VAT get tracked across spreadsheets, forwarder emails, and bolted-on purchase invoices. Duty cost accounts are picked by hand on every line, VAT treatment hides inside opaque conditional logic, and nobody can see which shipments are at risk of breaching a clearance deadline until the accounting close is already late.
The solution
A single customs shipment record carries the clearance pipeline, duty lines with an auto-suggested GL cost account, origin-driven import VAT from reusable jurisdiction templates, and a segregated, balanced journal entry — all visible on an SLA colour-coded dashboard with a full tax-treatment audit trail.
Built for the full clearance workflow
Every capability below is implemented in the module.
Clearance Pipeline
Move every shipment through Draft, In Transit, At Customs, Cleared and Released with a statusbar, guarded action buttons, and a timestamped event log at each step.
Auto-Suggested Duty Accounts
Add a duty line and the GL cost account is suggested automatically from the duty type, with a clear option to override — no more hunting for the right account on every posting.
Jurisdiction VAT Templates
Import VAT is calculated and routed by an upfront Domestic, EU, or Non-EU classification against reusable VAT jurisdiction templates, so the same app serves multiple markets out of the box.
Visible Override Audit Trail
Any manual change to the VAT rate or reverse-charge treatment raises a clear on-screen warning and is recorded in a readable tax-treatment note, so reviewers can see exactly why a rate was applied.
Real-Time Landed Cost
Duty and import VAT roll up into a live landed cost total and a per-unit cost the moment units received are entered — no waiting for month-end close to know the true cost of goods.
Segregated Journal Entries
Post a balanced journal entry straight from the shipment — duty debited to its cost accounts, import VAT and customs payable segregated from standard purchases, reverse charge handled correctly.
Logistics & Document Capture
Record origin port, customs office, and destination port for full multi-leg visibility, and upload clearance documents in one click — the clearance date is auto-extracted from the filename when left blank.
SLA Dashboard & Alerts
A kanban dashboard colour-codes every shipment by SLA health — on track, at risk, or breached — and a daily check schedules a follow-up activity on breached or high-value shipments automatically.
Broker Communication Log
Keep every exchange with forwarders and brokers logged against the shipment, alongside the full clearance event timeline, so nothing about a shipment's history gets lost.
How it works
Classify & Link
Create a shipment, classify the supplier origin as Domestic, EU, or Non-EU, and link it to the originating purchase order.
Capture Duty
Add duty lines by type — the GL cost account is suggested automatically, and the duty total updates in real time.
Review & Post
Review the auto-computed VAT, landed cost, and tax-treatment note, then post a balanced, segregated journal entry in one click.
Track & Release
Follow the shipment through the clearance pipeline on the SLA dashboard, respond to breach alerts, and release once cleared.
Frequently asked
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The app ships ready VAT templates for Domestic, EU reverse-charge, and several EU country rates, plus a generic Non-EU template, and every rate is fully configurable so you can add your own jurisdiction.
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Customs Brokerage Clearing Agency
A customs clearance pipeline with auto-suggested duty accounts, jurisdiction VAT templates and real-time landed cost — posting segregated, balanced journal entries with visible override audit.
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