| Title: | Request for Participants: TTB Working Group |
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| Date: | 2015-04-23 |
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Announcing the Formation of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) Trade/PGA Working Group
PLEASE REFERENCE THE ATTACHMENT FOR DETAILS ON THE WORKING GROUP.
Attention: Brokers, Importers, and Software Developers: The International Trade Data System (ITDS) Committee of the Trade Support Network (TSN) needs your input and participation in our new Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) Import Working Group. The ITDS Trade Co-Chairs are Sandra Scott (SekoLogistics) and Stuart Schmidt (UPS).
Working Group Purpose
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The purpose of the TTB Import Working Group is to solicit stakeholder input regarding the data elements that TTB intends to require to be submitted through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) filing system, as well as the technical requirements to use ACE. The working group will primarily focus on the information technology issues associated with implementing ACE. The working group will consist of members of the international trade community that import TTB-regulated commodities, software development companies, and representatives from TTB and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that are working on the ACE project. Participation in ACE will require the electronic submission of TTB-required import data for cargo admissibility processing and internal revenue tax calculation, through the use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Your involvement is needed to ensure that ACE will provide for the efficient and timely clearance of cargo, while maintaining compliance with TTB regulations
Working Group Task
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The task of this working group is to assure that all technical and data requirements are transitioned to ACE in a seamless and timely manner, and that data collected in ACE assists TTB to perform its importer regulation, alcohol labeling, and tax administration responsibilities. Furthermore, coordinated and automated messaging among CBP, TTB, and the trade must be developed to provide a streamlined entry process. Once ACE is fully operational, the current import system known as the Automated Commercial System (ACS) will be decommissioned, and ACE will become the sole electronic filing system. As such, all TTB data related to manifest, cargo release, and post-release processing will be required to be submitted electronically via the Partner Government Agency (PGA) Message Set.
Working Group Commitment
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Working Group participants should be prepared to commit to one or two 2-hour conference calls. A more definite schedule will be determined at the Working Group's first meeting. The teleconferences will focus on the technical data flows and business processes required for the aforementioned TTB message sets in order to define the programming and operational guidelines to be implemented by CBP, TTB, importers, and customs brokers when filing and processing entries for products subject to TTB jurisdiction. Regulatory and policy issues are outside the scope of this working group.
To participate in the TTB ACE/ITDS Working Group please send your contact information to:
Frank Korpusik at frank.j.korpusik@cbp.dhs.gov
Sandra Scott at Sandra.scott@sekologistics.com
Stuart Schmidt at Schmidt.stuart@ups.com
RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN COB THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015