[Federal Register: November 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 227)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection

 
Customs Brokers User Fee Payment for 2009

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.

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ACTION: General Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice to customs brokers that the 
annual fee of $138 that is assessed for each permit held by a broker, 
whether it may be an individual, partnership, association, or 
corporation, is due by January 23, 2009. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) announces this date of payment for 2009 in accordance with the 
Tax Reform Act of 1986.

DATES: Payment of the 2009 Customs Broker User Fee is due January 23, 
2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Raine, Broker Compliance Branch, 
Trade Policy and Programs, (202) 863-6544.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    CBP Dec. 07-01 amended Sec.  111.96 of title 19 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (19 CFR 111.96) pursuant to the amendment of 
section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
(COBRA) of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c) by section 892 of the American Jobs 
Creation Act of 2004, to establish that effective April 1, 2007, an 
annual user fee of $138 is to be assessed for each customs broker 
permit and national permit held by an individual, partnership, 
association, or corporation.
    The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations provide that 
this fee is payable for each calendar year in each broker district 
where the broker was issued a permit to do business by the due date 
which is published in the Federal Register annually. See 19 CFR 
24.22(h) and (i)(9). Broker districts are defined in the General Notice 
entitled ``Geographical Boundaries of Customs Brokerage, Cartage and 
Lighterage Districts'' published in the Federal Register on September 
27, 1995 (60 FR 49971).
    Section 1893 of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-514) 
provides that notices of the date on which the payment is due for each 
broker permit shall be published by the Secretary of the Treasury in 
the Federal Register by no later than 60 days before such due date. 
Please note that section 403 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 
U.S.C. 101 et seq. (Pub. L. 107-296), and Treasury Department Order No. 
100-16 (see Appendix to 19 CFR Part 0) delegated general authority 
vested in the Secretary of the Treasury over customs revenue functions 
(with certain specified exceptions) to the Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
    This document notifies customs brokers that for calendar year 2009, 
the due date for payment of the user fee is January 23, 2009. It is 
anticipated that for subsequent years, the annual user fee for customs 
brokers will be due on or about the twentieth of January of each year.

    Dated: November 18, 2008.
Daniel Baldwin,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Trade.
 [FR Doc. E8-27823 Filed 11-21-08; 8:45 am]

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