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Title:DUE DATE OF ANNUAL USER FEE FO
Date:2000-11-02
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : MICHAEL CRAIG

SUBJECT : DUE DATE OF ANNUAL USER FEE FOR CUSTOM BROKER PERMIT
NATIONAL PERMIT

TE : 11/01/2000

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

CUSTOMS SERVICE

(T.D. 00-69)

ANNUAL USER FEE FOR CUSTOMS BROKER PERMIT AND NATIONAL PERMIT; GENERAL
NOTICE

AGENCY: U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

ACTION: NOTICE OF DUE DATE FOR BROKER USER FEE

____________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY: THIS IS TO ADVISE CUSTOMS BROKERS THAT FOR 2001 THE ANNUAL
USER FEE OF $125 THAT IS ASSESSED FOR EACH PERMIT HELD BY AN
INDIVIDUAL, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATE BROKER IS DUE BY
JANUARY 19, 2001. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS BEING PUBLISHED TO COMPLY
THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986.

DATES: DUE DATE FOR FEE: JANUARY 19, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MICHAEL S. CRAIG, BROKER MANAGEME
(202) 927-0380.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SECTION 13031 OF THE CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS
BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1985 (PUB.L. 99-272) ESTABLISHED THAT
ANNUAL USER FEE OF $125 IS TO BE ASSESSED FOR EACH CUSTOMS BROKER
PERMIT AND NATIONAL PERMIT HELD BY AN INDIVIDUAL, PARTNERSHIP,
ASSOCIATION, OR CORPORATION. THIS FEE IS SET FORTH IN THE CUSTOMS
REGULATIONS IN SECTION 111.96 (19 CFR 111.96).

CUSTOMS REGULATIONS PROVIDES THAT THIS FEE IS PAYABLE FOR EACH
CALENDAR YEAR IN EACH BROKER DISTRICT WHERE THE BROKER WAS ISSUED
PERMIT TO DO BUSINESS BY THE DUE DATE WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE
FEDERAL REGISTER ANNUALLY. BROKER DISTRICTS ARE DEFINED IN THE
GENERAL NOTICE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER, VOLUME 60, NO.18
SEPTEMBER 27, 1995.

SECTION 1893 OF THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986 (PUB.L. 99-514), PROVIDED
THAT NOTICES OF THE DATE ON WHICH A PAYMENT IS DUE OF THE USER FEE
EACH BROKER PERMIT SHALL BE PUBLISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY
THE FEDERAL REGISTER BY NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS BEFORE SUCH DUE DATE
THIS DOCUMENT NOTIFIES BROKERS THAT FOR 2001, THE DUE DATE FOR PAY
OF THE USER FEE IS JANUARY 19, 2001. IT IS EXPECTED THAT ANNUAL USER
FEES FOR BROKERS FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS WILL BE DUE ON OR ABOUT THE
TWENTIETH OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR.

BONNI G. TISCHLER
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS