{"id":337,"date":"2018-05-30T23:07:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T22:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/?page_id=337"},"modified":"2018-06-22T09:24:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T08:24:38","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='av-alb-blogposts template-blog  '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><article class='post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-871 post-loop-1 post-parity-odd single-small with-slider post-871 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-company-news tag-coronavirus tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-direct-customs-agent tag-eu tag-european-union tag-export-customs-clearance tag-freight-forwarding-hm-revenue-customs tag-import-customs-clearance tag-staged-customs-control tag-vat-postponed-accounting tag-world-trade tag-wto'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class='blog-meta'><a href='https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/2021\/01\/08\/covid-19-coronavirus-2021-update\/' class='small-preview' title='COVID-19 (Coronavirus) &#8211; 2021 update'><img width=\"127\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PENGUIN-LOGO-7-pdf.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><span class=\"iconfont\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue836' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" >\t<a href='https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/2021\/01\/08\/covid-19-coronavirus-2021-update\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) &#8211; 2021 update'>COVID-19 (Coronavirus) &#8211; 2021 update\t\t\t<span class='post-format-icon minor-meta'><\/span>\t<\/a><\/h2><span class='post-meta-infos'><time class='date-container minor-meta updated' >8th January 2021<\/time><span class='text-sep text-sep-date'>\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/category\/company-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">Company News<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"text-sep text-sep-cat\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\" ><span class=\"vcard author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/author\/alanbiggs\/\" title=\"Posts by Alan Biggs\" rel=\"author\">Alan Biggs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>PENGUIN SHIPPING<\/strong> is remaining operational during the current \u2018Lock Down\u2019 period as we carry out essential services for import and export consignments, moving through the ports and airports.<\/p>\n<p>Some of our personnel will be office based but we also have the ability to work remotely, when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>It would be helpful if you <strong>E-MAIL<\/strong> us with your instructions, paperwork and questions, so they can be easily distributed to our staff, whether in the office or working from home.<\/p>\n<p>The person dealing with your consignments and enquiries, will reply to you.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THERE IS NO NEED TO CALL US TO CHECK WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR MESSAGE<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Please use the normal e-mail addresses you have or if this is a new enquiry, please use the Contact Form or details, on this Web-Site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLEASE READ THE LATEST NEWS ITEMS ON THIS WEB SITE CONCERNING:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VAT POSTPONED ACCOUNTING FOR VAT REGISTERED TRADERS<\/li>\n<li>APPOINTMENT OF A DIRECT CUSTOMS AGENT<\/li>\n<li>STAGED CUSTOMS CONTROL &#8211; EU IMPORTS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class='post_author_timeline'><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  itemprop='image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PENGUIN-LOGO-7-pdf.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >1497<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >1058<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Alan Biggs<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url'>http:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo-header.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Alan Biggs<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2021-01-08T09:59:44+00:00\" >2021-01-08 09:59:44<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2021-01-08 09:59:44<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>COVID-19 (Coronavirus) - 2021 update<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class='post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-846 post-loop-2 post-parity-even single-small with-slider post-846 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-company-news tag-direct-customs-agent tag-european-union tag-hm-revenue-customs tag-import-customs-clearance tag-imports tag-postponed-accounting tag-vat tag-vat-registered-trader tag-vat-return'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class='blog-meta'><a href='https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/2021\/01\/08\/vat-postponed-accounting\/' class='small-preview' title='VAT POSTPONED ACCOUNTING'><img width=\"127\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PENGUIN-LOGO-3-pdf.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><span class=\"iconfont\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue836' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" >\t<a href='https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/2021\/01\/08\/vat-postponed-accounting\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: VAT POSTPONED ACCOUNTING'>VAT POSTPONED ACCOUNTING\t\t\t<span class='post-format-icon minor-meta'><\/span>\t<\/a><\/h2><span class='post-meta-infos'><time class='date-container minor-meta updated' >8th January 2021<\/time><span class='text-sep text-sep-date'>\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/category\/company-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">Company News<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"text-sep text-sep-cat\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\" ><span class=\"vcard author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/author\/alanbiggs\/\" title=\"Posts by Alan Biggs\" rel=\"author\">Alan Biggs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>VAT POSTPONED ACCOUNTING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With immediate effect, <strong>VAT registered traders<\/strong> who import goods <u>may <\/u>use VAT Postponed Accounting for <strong><u>all import consignments<\/u><\/strong>. This means that instead of paying VAT at the time of importation, you may account for Import VAT, on your periodic VAT returns.<\/p>\n<p>You can continue to pay VAT at the time of importation for import consignments from <strong>non-EU<\/strong> countries, that is your choice. The coding we use on Customs declarations, will prompt the issue of the form C79, entitling you to reclaim Import VAT on your VAT return.<\/p>\n<p>You should discuss the mechanics of the scheme with your Accountant or Financial Adviser. For your guidance here is a link to the HMRC publication: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/check-when-you-can-account-for-import-vat-on-your-vat-return\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/check-when-you-can-account-for-import-vat-on-your-vat-return<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you import from EU Countries and use the STAGED CUSTOMS CONTROL (SCC) Scheme, then VAT Postponed Accounting is mandatory.<strong><em>(Please read our separate NEWS item on this Scheme).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are required to have your written instruction to use VAT Postponed Accounting on your behalf, so would you kindly tick the appropriate box on our <strong>Appointment of a Direct Customs Agent<\/strong> form which you can find on our Customs Clearance Web page, at the very bottom, under DIRECT REPRESENTATION. <strong><em>(please read our separate news item on this subject). <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please e-mail the form to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>penguin@penguin-shipping.co.uk<\/em><\/span><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions on this Scheme kindly email us on <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">penguin@penguin-shipping.co.uk<\/span><\/em> and one of the team will get back to you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class='post_author_timeline'><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  itemprop='image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PENGUIN-LOGO-3-pdf.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >1497<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >1058<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Alan Biggs<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url'>http:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo-header.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Alan Biggs<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2021-01-08T09:49:07+00:00\" >2021-01-08 09:49:07<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2021-01-08 09:49:07<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>VAT POSTPONED ACCOUNTING<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class='post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-851 post-loop-3 post-parity-odd post-entry-last single-small with-slider post-851 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-company-news tag-appointing-a-direct-customs-agent tag-customs-clearance tag-eu-imports tag-import-customs-clearance tag-scc tag-staged-customs-control tag-vat tag-vat-postponed-accounting'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class='blog-meta'><a href='https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/2021\/01\/08\/staged-customs-control-eu-imports\/' class='small-preview' title='STAGED CUSTOMS CONTROL (EU IMPORTS)'><img width=\"127\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PENGUIN-LOGO-4-pdf.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><span class=\"iconfont\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue836' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" >\t<a href='https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/2021\/01\/08\/staged-customs-control-eu-imports\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: STAGED CUSTOMS CONTROL (EU IMPORTS)'>STAGED CUSTOMS CONTROL (EU IMPORTS)\t\t\t<span class='post-format-icon minor-meta'><\/span>\t<\/a><\/h2><span class='post-meta-infos'><time class='date-container minor-meta updated' >8th January 2021<\/time><span class='text-sep text-sep-date'>\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/category\/company-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">Company News<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"text-sep text-sep-cat\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\" ><span class=\"vcard author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/author\/alanbiggs\/\" title=\"Posts by Alan Biggs\" rel=\"author\">Alan Biggs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>If you import from the EU Countries and use the temporary arrangements set out in the <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Staged Customs Control scheme (SCC)<\/span><\/strong>, we, as your Customs Agent must present Customs declarations within 6 months of the arrival of the consignment. This scheme runs from January 1<sup>st<\/sup> to 30<sup>th<\/sup> June 2021 and VAT postponed accounting is <strong>mandatory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Please read the details of this scheme in the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/making-an-import-declaration-in-your-records\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/making-an-import-declaration-in-your-records<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please also read our other News item on this Web-Site concerning <strong>VAT Postponed Accounting<\/strong> and appointing a <strong>Direct Customs Agent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions on this Scheme or any other related matter, please e-mail them to us on <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">penguin@penguin-shipping.co.uk<\/span> <\/em>and one of team will get back to you.<\/p>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class='post_author_timeline'><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  itemprop='image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PENGUIN-LOGO-4-pdf.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >1497<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >1058<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Alan Biggs<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url'>http:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo-header.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Alan Biggs<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2021-01-08T09:46:26+00:00\" >2021-01-08 09:46:26<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2021-01-08 09:46:26<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>STAGED CUSTOMS CONTROL (EU IMPORTS)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><div class='single-small'><nav class='pagination'><span class='pagination-meta'>Page 1 of 7<\/span><span class='current'>1<\/span><a href='https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337\/page\/2\/' class='inactive' >2<\/a><a href='https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337\/page\/3\/' class='inactive' >3<\/a><a href='https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337\/page\/2\/'>&rsaquo;<\/a><a href='https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337\/page\/7\/'>&raquo;<\/a><\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337\/revisions\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguin-shipping.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}