
Simon Sutcliffe
Partner
Customs & Excise Duty
Specialist areas
Bespoke advice on Customs Special Procedures such as Inward and Outward Processing Relief, Temporary Admission and the excise and customs warehousing regimes.
Additionally, help with the accurate classification of goods, ensuring that customs valuation methods are applied correctly, Simplified Declaration Procedures, Rules of Origin and ensuring that, where appropriate, Preference can be legitimately claimed and the registration and operational requirements for various HMRC regimes, easements and reliefs to ensure an efficient and cost-effective supply chain.
Sector specialisms include pharmaceuticals, textiles, tobacco, and technology, with specialist expertise in the movements of alcohol.
Services covered
Qualifications and positions of note
- Part of the SIBA (Small Independent Brewers Association) Business and Legal team
I am based at
Covent Garden
Contact Simon
Insights

HMRC Updates Border Operating Model
HM Revenue & Customs have released an updated Border Operating Model document to assist traders moving goods in and out the UK.

Customs Duty alert: HMRC set to replace import/export declarations system
Customs Duty Partner Simon Sutcliffe provides an update on HM Revenue & Customs’ new Customs Declaration Service.

HMRC update on the Border Operating Model
Partner and Customs Duty expert Simon Sutcliffe gives his reaction to the latest update to the Border Operating Model.