FINALS Flashcards
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Customs Officers who are authorized to exercise police authority may open and examine any box, trunk, envelope, or other container for purposes of determining the presence of dutiable or prohibited goods. This authority includes the search of receptacles used for the transport of human remains and dead animals.
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The Law is harsh, but it is the law.
DURA LEX SED LEX
Sec. 437 of the CMTA
Traveler and Passenger Baggage
* Bureau provide simplified customs procedure
*based on international agreements and customs best practices
*travelers shall be permitted to export goods for commercial purposes, subject to compliance with the necessary export formalities and payment of export duties, taxes and charges.
Types of Baggage
- Accompanied baggage
- Unaccompanied baggage
- Interline Baggage
- In-bond Baggage
Baggage whether check-in or hand-carried brought by travelers and crew when leaving or arriving in the country, travelling in the same means of transport as the travelers and crew
Accompanied Baggage
Baggage received, handled and placed at the interlined baggage room (IBR) such as but not limited to: (a) mistagged baggage; (b) erroneously off-loaded baggage; (c) advanced or delayed baggage; (d) left behind or unclaimed baggage; and (e) transit baggage for foreign destinations
Interline Baggage
Baggage received, handled and placed at the CBR due to any of the following
Insufficient funds for payment of the duties, taxes and other charges assessed
Lack of presentation of the required permit/ clearance from the government agency concerned
Violates the customs rule and regulations and other related laws
In-bond Baggage
Refers to checked-in baggage arriving or leaving before or after the traveler to whom it belongs due to delay, misrouting, or other causes
Unaccompanied Baggage
General Provision
All arriving travelers and Crew shall accomplish a __________________ to be prescribe by the bureau when they will declare dutiable goods.
Customs Baggage Declaration Form (CBDF)
what may the travelers have when carrying a foreign currency in excess of the 10,000 USD, or its equivalent in other foreign currency.
Duly filled out Foreign Currency Declaration
travelers should have with more than Php 50,000 in local currency
authorization duly issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
what are the different types of travelers?
a. OFWs, Returning Residents and Non-Resident Filipinos
b. Foreign Travelers with Diplomatic Status
c. Airline Crew members
d. traveler with Accompanied an/or unaccompanied baggage containing goods in commercial quantity
Filipino nationals who has stayed abroad for a period of at least 6 months and returning to the Philippines
Returning Resident
A holder of a valid passport issued by the department of foreign affairs (DFA) and certified by the DOLE or POEA for overseas employment purposes.
OFWs
Filipinos who have established permanent residency abroad but have retained Filipino citizenship, whether or not they have availed of the benefits under RA No. 9225 or the Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003
Non-Resident Filipinos
refer to Qualified Filipinos while abroad
Non-resident filipinos
OFWs
Resident Filipinos
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Baggage of arriving travelers and crew shall be subject to non-intrusive inspection. When necessary, scanned baggage may be subject to physical inspection.
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Traveler, Crew or any Baggage may be subject to inspection based on derogatory information or reasoned and/or random selection. for this purpose, the Bureau shall restrict the entry of unauthorized personnel into the customs arrival area, including the baggage carousel area.
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Tobacco goods, liquors, wines, and spirits brought in as accompanied baggage even if within the De Minimis value, shall be subject to the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC)
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Dutiable goods in accompanied baggage brought in by Travelers through the airports which are intended for re-exportation may be:
- allowed release upon posting of cash bond amounting to 100% of the duties and taxes.
- temporarily deposited for safekeeping in the deposit facility subject to the ff:
2.1 re-exportation. shall not exceed 3 months from the date of the acceptance of the goods
2.2 full payment of service and storage fees
2.3 rates of service and storage fees shall be subject to the periodic review and may be increased or decreased upon approval of the Commissioner.
2.4 inventory of the items to be reflected in the appropriate form to be signed by the traveler and authorized customs officer. - failure to re-export the goods within the period agreed upon shall subject the cash bond or the goods t forfeiture.
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Baggage whether brought in or sent by Qualified Filipinos while abroad with value of more than Php 10,000 shall, at the option of the Filipino traveler, be governed by Section 800 (g) of the CMTA insofar as the value of the baggage and the frequency of Availment is concerned. For the availment of the tax and duty free exemption pursuant to said section, a processing fee of Php 250.00 shall be collected.
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Departing Travelers with goods for export in commercial quantities shall accomplish and file with the Bureau a Special Permit to Load(SPL). For goods that will be returned, the traveler shall accomplish a simplified owner’s Pre-Departure Declaration Form or CI for presentation upon his return to the Customs Officer assigned at the arrival area.
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Issued by customs officer at the departure area to a traveler with an accompanied baggage containing goods in commercial quantity
Special permit to load (SPL)