Customs Compliance Audit Programme
Course Overview
This intensive five-day programme equips trade compliance professionals with the knowledge and practical skills to plan, conduct, and report on internal customs compliance audits. As SARS intensifies its audit programmes and African customs administrations harmonise enforcement, organisations must proactively manage their customs compliance.
Participants will learn how to design and implement a customs compliance management system (CCMS), conduct risk-based internal audits, prepare for SARS verification audits, and manage audit findings through to resolution. The programme covers duty recovery assessments, voluntary disclosures, and penalty mitigation strategies.
Delivered through a hybrid format combining in-person workshops with virtual sessions, this programme includes extensive practical exercises using real audit scenarios from South African and regional customs operations.
Who Should Attend
- Trade compliance managers and customs compliance officers
- Internal auditors responsible for trade and customs processes
- Finance directors overseeing customs duty exposure and risk
- Customs brokers managing compliance for multiple clients
- Senior logistics managers with customs responsibility
Learning Outcomes
- Design and implement a customs compliance management system for your organisation
- Plan and execute risk-based internal customs audits across all trade operations
- Prepare your organisation for SARS verification and compliance audits effectively
- Manage duty recovery assessments, voluntary disclosures, and penalty negotiations
- Build a culture of compliance that reduces risk and improves trade efficiency
Course Modules
Customs Compliance Framework
Establishing a customs compliance management system, governance structures, policy development, and compliance risk assessment methodologies.
Internal Audit Planning & Execution
Designing audit programmes, sampling methodologies, testing procedures, documentation review, and fieldwork techniques for customs audits.
SARS Audit Management
Understanding SARS audit triggers, managing verification audits, responding to information requests, and navigating the audit process from start to finish.
Duty Recovery & Voluntary Disclosure
Duty recovery assessment processes, voluntary disclosure procedures, penalty calculations, and mitigation strategies available to traders.
Compliance Reporting & Improvement
Audit report writing, findings management, corrective action tracking, continuous improvement, and measuring compliance programme effectiveness.
Course Details
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