General

If enterprises want to import and export in international trade, they need to handle import and export rights. For companies without import and export rights, there are usually two ways to do import and export, one is to pay for customs declaration, the other is to find a regular import and export company to do agency business.

The similarities between the two methods are that they are enterprises that import and export goods in actual international trade and entrust another enterprise with import and export qualification to carry out customs clearance.

The difference is that a formal import and export agency can also act as an agent for the settlement of foreign exchange, tax and other matters. The agency company collects service fees, generally does not bear credit, exchange and market risks, and does not own the ownership of goods.

However, the company that pays the bill for customs declaration usually only assists in customs declaration and provides the basic documents such as the declaration authorization letter, packing list invoice contract, and some can also provide some customs clearance permits. The cost is lower than that of the international trade import and export company.

However, there are many compliance problems in the bill declaration. For example, when the bill is paid for export, the non-collection of foreign exchange by the head company is illegal operation, which affects the foreign exchange statistics; In fact, it is impossible for a company to raise its head for tax refund. It is illegal to use the crooked brain to engage in "fake self-operation and real agency"; In addition, it is also illegal to evade customs supervision by paying bills.

In fact, it is not a big problem to simply pay for customs declaration, but because there are too many loopholes to be drilled, the state has also been relatively strong in the fight against paying for customs declaration, especially for tax-related links.

It is difficult to pay the import bill now, and the import value-added tax of international trade can be deducted. Many enterprises still need it, so they can use double heads to make the deduction when customs declaration. However, in the follow-up customs and tax verification, it is easy for companies to have problems in customs clearance procedures and bill payment.

Finally, it is suggested that enterprises that want to engage in international trade import and export should directly handle the import and export rights. In brief, the following steps should be taken: add import and export related items to the scope of business of industry and commerce, record the operation of foreign traders, record the customs consignee and consignor, open the electronic port, record the SAFE, and then the enterprises that want to do export should go to the IRS for tax refund and exemption qualification confirmation. The whole process is not cumbersome, and the handling costs are not high. Legal and compliance operations can save a lot of unnecessary trouble.