Indirect Taxation Authority Report on Progress

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Indirect Taxation Authority
Report on Progress

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Report on progressgtgt
Single Window

• Trade related information and documents are
  submitted once at Indirect Taxation Authority
  (ITA) to fulfill all import, export, and
  transit-related regulatory requirements
• Licenses and permits are issued by separate
  agencies
• Integrated border management project is in
  progress
• ITA is Customs and VAT collection agency
• ITA Customs section receives information and
  disseminates this information to VAT section of
  ITA, Statistics Bosnia and Herzegovina etc.
• We are using EDI based network application that
  allows electronic transmission of documents
  between Customs section and Customs Brokers.
• Banks are connected to system with specialized
  system enabling electronic reconciliation of
  payments

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Report on progressgtgt Electronic
trade documents

• ITA BH using ASYCUDA system for processing of
  customs data and ALICE for VAT.
• Introduction of ASYCUDA system enabled DTI
  (Direct Trader Input) electronic submittance
  of customs declarations.
• Electronic customs declarations for all customs
  procedures are submitting since 2002 at all
  customs locations.
• Transit declarations are also electronic and
  discharge of transit declaration is completely
  automated.
• E-VAT new project of ITA BH which will provide
  electronic VAT declarations.

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Report on progressgtgt
Electronic Customs

• Electronic customs declarations in BH created
  more efficient and modern customs environment. We
  have experienced benefits for business and
  citizens.
• We start first inter-connection and exchange of
  consignment data with neighboring Customs Service
  of Serbia. ExDisc programme
• We made first steps for introducing of NCTS which
  providing a vision of modern customs service
  communicating electronically with trade and
  paperless environment for customs and trade.

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Report on progressgtgt Trade
data harmonization

• ASYCUDA provides for electronic data interchange
  between traders and Customs using EDIFACT rules.
• ASYCUDA takes into account the international
  codes and standards developed by ISO
  (International Organization for Standardization),
  WCO (World Customs Organization) and the United
  Nations.
• During implementation of ASYCUDA system we
  prepared our major system reference tables
  according to UNTDED codes.
• Other data elements are prescribed by ITA Book
  of Rules for electronic SADs and by Book of Rules
  for accessing to ITA system

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Report on progressgtgtLevel of interaction among
agencies

• Data is analyzed and distributed to
• Council of Ministers
• Agency for Statistics (National and entity level)
• Foreign Trade Chamber
• Central Bank and
• Many other Government Departments.
• Once data for latest month is available for
  publication (along with any revisions to earlier
  months of the year) data is transferred to
  VOYAGER a system for producing reports based on
  Customs data.
• VOYAGER was developed by our IT experts to
  provide information from Customs to others via
  the internet. There are 25 standard types of
  report that users can produce (and interrogate)
  these reports were decided upon in conjunction
  with major users.
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• ExDisc 2007 application provides export
  declaration tracking. It was designed and
  developed by the IT Sector. It is used by customs
  officers at border crossings since 2006. It
  covers the complete territory of  Bosnia and
  Herzegovina.
• ExDisc 2007 enables data exchange of goods,
  traders, vehicle and other relevant data from SAD
  between BH and Serbia.
• We are negotiating introduction of electronic
  TIR carnet exchange

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Contact

• www.uino.gov.ba
• Svjetlana.Perkovic_at_uino.gov.ba
• IT Director