Tariff Advice
To ensure you are not claiming a heading that May result in a claim from the department for underpaid duties or to claim a free Tariff heading with confidence we can assist you in obtaining a formal classification assessment of your goods. This assignment can be sued to apply for duty refunds if you have been found to have claimed a heading that resulted in a higher than necessary duty amount payable.
The tariff advice is given on the basis of information supplied by the applicant and this information may include confidential commercial information. All tariff advices are treated as in-confidence documents and are not made public. This allows importers to provide all relevant material.
Applicants should provide detailed information about the goods under consideration. We are unable to classify goods where insufficient information is given.
Cost
Atlas Processing Fee – $125.00*
*Additional classification in excess of 5 lines will be charged at $5.50 per line
Duty, GST and regulatory charges will be passed on at cost
More information can be found at:
https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-classification/overview
https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/busi/cargo-support-trade-and-goods/importing-goods/tariff-classification-of-goods/tariff-advice-system
The Tariff Advice System is designed to allow importers to seek an advance ruling on the classification of specific goods before importation. This is to assist them in making business decisions about future imports of specific goods prior to committing to importation.
Advice is given only upon specific goods from a specific manufacturer. Once an advice is given, it must be followed if those goods are imported. It should be noted that this service is designed for intended imports of new goods to allow business decisions to be made. It is not designed to deliver real-time advice on goods that are awaiting clearance. The service standard for the provision of advice under normal circumstances is 30 days and it can take longer at times of heavy demand.
The service is provided by us free of charge. Where an importer employs a broker to submit a Tariff Advice Application, the broker would normally charge for this service.
Applicants should provide detailed information about the goods under consideration. We are unable to classify goods where insufficient information is given.
We might refuse to issue an advice through the Tariff Advice System in certain circumstances. These circumstances might include where the applicant already holds an advice for the goods, where the goods are the subject of legal action or where classification is already being assessed as part of an active Tariff Concession Order (426KB PDF) application.
Brokers and others with access to the TAPIN system can electronically submit Tariff Advice (TA) applications. You must then send the application by email or by hard copy, with supporting documents, within five days of the creation of the request in TAPIN.
If you don’t have access to the TAPIN system, you can request a TA manually by completing a Tariff Advice Application Form (June 2016) B102 (684KB PDF). Information on how to complete a B102 is on the back of the form, so it is important to print and view both sides.
There are also guidelines for the lodgement of Tariff Advices (47KB PDF), also available on the media, publications and forms website, which apply to both documentary and electronic lodgements.
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