Preparing for and Defending Customs Audits

This training program will examine best strategies and policies to help prepare your company defend itself in case of a U.S. customs audit. The presentation will outline customs’ methodologies in conducting audits, while teaching you how best to defend each of those topics should customs perform an audit.

Why Should You Attend:

The primary areas of focus for this webinar include preparing procedural manuals, recordkeeping, corporate structures, internal audit methods, customs’ audit timelines, when to prepare prior disclosures, and when to dispose of customs-related records.

Attendees will learn which information customs is most likely to request, and what sort of errors they are most likely to concentrate on. How will customs grade your company, and what possible sanctions may be applied will be discussed. Examples of previous audits gone wrong will be discussed, and strategies for keeping customs away from your door for as long as possible will be described.

Learning Objectives:

Learn how custom audits work- what do they look for?

• Mastering strategies to ensure any customs audit does not disrupt your commercial activities
• Determining which strategies can best protect your company
• Examples of audits gone bad
• Learn what customs looks for in risk assessment
• Changes which customs is most likely to ask to implement

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Customs audit types
• Pre-audit review topics
• Primary areas of customs focus
• Primary areas of company exposure
• Preparation strategies
• Audit tips and compliance strategies
• When to submit a prior disclosure
• Importance of recordkeeping, corporate structure in preparing for audit

Who Will Benefit:

• Trade/import analysts
• Trade compliance specialists
• Accountants
• Customer managers
• Product engineers
• In-house lawyers
• General counsel
• Compliance directors
• Import specialists
• Import compliance managers
• Import managers
• Global trade compliance managers