News / BIFA warns of 'very real risks' of acting as an indirect representative

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BIFA has urged its members to be more cautious while acting as ’indirect representatives’, following an increase in HMRC actions against forwarders failing to pay correct duties.

This week, the UK forwarding association said its members had been targeted in relation to valuation issues surrounding Chinese imports into the UK, cleared on a delivered duty-paid (DDP) basis.

One industry source told The Loadstar: “Any serious forwarder knows, or ought to be aware of, the very real risks in acting as an indirect ...