- China’s General Administration of Customs issued bulletins on benchmarks for customs administrative discretionary penalties in December 2023
- Three Discretion Benchmarks were established for different types of violations
- The Benchmarks aim to standardize discretion in customs penalties and provide guidance for businesses
- Five levels of discretion for customs administrative penalties were established
- Circumstances when administrative penalties can be waived were listed in the bulletins
- The Minor Violation Rule was introduced to determine if a violation is minor
- Customs authorities have the power to reject the application of the Minor Violation Rule for repeat offenders.
Source: taxathand.com
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