| Title: | INVOICE BY REQUEST PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1997-09-17 |
| To: | abi |
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FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE PROGRAM (EIP) HAS BEEN A
METHOD OF FILING ENTRIES. MORE RECENTLY IN JUNE OF 1995, CUSTOMS
IMPLEMENTED THE REMOTE LOCATION FILING (RLF) PROTOTYPE. BOTH
METHODS OF FILING ENTRIES VIA ABI REQUIRE THE ABILITY TO TRANSMIT
AN ELECTRONIC INVOICE TO CUSTOMS. ABI PROGRAMMING EDITS PREVENT
PROCESSING OF A RELEASE OR SUMMARY WITHOUT AN ELECTRONIC INVOICE
ON FILE.
THE PASSAGE OF THE CUSTOMS MODERNIZATION ACT PERMITTED CUSTOMS TO
RELEASE ENTRIES AND LIQUIDATE SUMMARIES WITHOUT A CUSTOMS OFFICER
REVIEWING THE INVOICE. THIS HAS BEEN DEFINED AS 'WAIVING THE
INVOICE'. WITH THIS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE, CUSTOMS IS IMPLEMENTING
THE 'INVOICE-BY-REQUEST' PROJECT.
INVOICE-BY-REQUEST REQUIREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1 BE A CURRENT PARTICIPANT IN EIP OR RLF AND
2 BE ABLE TO TRANSMIT A RULING NUMBER IN THE ABI ENTRY SUMMARY
TRANSACTION.
3 NOT HAVE A RULING NUMBER ASSIGNED TO IMPORTED MERCHANDISE
FILERS WHO CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVOICE-BY-REQUEST PROJECT
MAY BEGIN WHEN THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED ABOVE ARE MET. WHEN FILERS
CHOOSE TO SUBMIT AN ENTRY IN THE INVOICE-BY-REQUEST PROJECT, THEY
WILL TRANSMIT 'INVREQ' ON EACH LINE IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY. 'INVREQ'
IS TO BE TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER AS A WAY TO DECLARE HIS INTENT TO
PROVIDE AN ELECTRONIC INVOICE WHEN REQUESTED BY CUSTOMS. 'INVREQ'
WILL BE TRANSMITTED IN POSITIONS 3-8 ON THE 43 RECORD OF THE
ABI ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION. THE 'INVREQ' RULING WILL BE
DEFINED AS A BINDING RULING AND WILL REQUIRE THE 'R' IN POSITION 9
ON THE 43 RECORD IN THE ABI ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION.
NOTE: PARTICIPANTS MUST USE EXISTING RULING NUMBERS ASSIGNED TO
THEM FOR THEIR MERCHANDISE INSTEAD OF 'INVREQ'.
WHEN AN ENTRY MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INVOICE-BY-REQUEST, ABI
WILL PROCESS THE ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION WITHOUT THE ASSOCIATED
ELECTRONIC INVOICE(S) ON FILE. IF A RELEASE IS DESIGNATED PAPERLESS
BY CARGO PROCESSING, THE FILER WILL RECEIVE THE RELEASE MESSAGE
FROM ABI. AN ENTRY SELECTED FOR DOCUMENT REVIEW OR EXAMINATION
WILL RECEIVE 'ELECTRONIC INVOICE REQUIRED'. WHEN A PAPERLESS
RELEASE IS OVERRIDDEN TO AN INTENSIVE, ABI WILL ALSO SEND 'ELECTRONIC
INVOICE REQUIRED'. THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES CUSTOMS REQUEST FOR THE
INVOICE. THE MESSAGES FOR THE ENTRY SUMMARY WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS
CURRENT MESSAGES. THE TWO MESSAGES ARE 'PAPERLESS - RETAIN RECORDS'
AND 'ACCEPTED - SUBMIT RECORDS'. THE 'SUBMIT RECORDS' MESSAGE
CONSTITUTES CUSTOMS REQUEST FOR THE INVOICE. WHEN A FILER RECEIVES
THE 'SUBMIT RECORDS' MESSAGE FOR EIP OR RLF SUMMARIES, THAT MESSAGE
IS CONSIDERED TO BE CUSTOMS' REQUEST FOR THE FILER TO TRANSMIT THE
ELECTRONIC INVOICE. INVOICE-BY-REQUEST PARTICIPANTS MUST TRANSMIT
THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE(S) ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENTRY WHEN CUSTOMS
REQUESTS THEM. CUSTOMS MAY ALSO REQUEST INVOICES APART FROM THE
ABI RELEASE OR SUMMARY MESSAGES. THESE REQUESTS WILL NORMALLY COME
DURING PROCESSING BY IMPORT/ENTRY SPECIALISTS. THESE REQUESTS WILL
BE SENT TO THE FILER VIA THE 'US' ABI TRANSACTION (WHICH ALL
PARTICIPATING EIP/RLF FILERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE). A REQUEST FOR THE
THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE WILL NOT BE MADE FOR ENTRIES FOR WHICH THE
INVOICE HAS ALREADY TRANSMITTED VIA ABI.
THERE IS NO 90-DAY NOTICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE
THE PROGRAMMING FOR THIS PROJECT EXISTS UNDER THE CURRENT EIP/RLF
PROCEDURES. CURRENT ABI PROCESSING ALLOWS AN EIP OR RLF ENTRY TO
BE PROCESSED WITHOUT AN ELECTRONIC INVOICE ALREADY ON FILE PROVIDED
A RULING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ENTRY.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLIENT REP WITH ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ABI. FOR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 'INVOICE-BY-REQUEST' PROJECT, CALL JOE PALMER
AT 202-927-0173.