[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 204 (Monday, October 21, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26839]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Part 111

[T.D. 96-76]


Annual User Fee for Customs Broker Permit; General Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of due date for broker user fee.

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SUMMARY: This is to advise Customs brokers that for 1997 the annual 
user fee of $125 that is assessed for each permit held by an 
individual, partnership, association or corporate broker is due by 
January 10, 1997. This announcement is being published to comply with 
the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

DATES: Due date for fee: January 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adline Tatum, Entry (202) 927-0380.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Pub. L. 99-272) established that an 
annual user fee of $125 is to be assessed for each Customs broker 
permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporation. 
This fee is set forth in the Customs Regulations in section 111.96 (19 
CFR 111.96).
    Section 111.96, Customs Regulations, provides that the 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 will be 
published in the Federal Register annually. Broker districts are 
defined in the General Notice published in the Federal Register, Volume 
60, No. 187, Wednesday, September 27, 1995.
    Section 1893 of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-514), 
provides that notices of the date on which a payment is due of the user 
fee 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. This document notifies brokers that for 1997, the due date 
for payment of the user fee is January 10, 1997. It is expected that 
annual user fees for brokers for subsequent years will be due on or 
about the third of January of each year.

    Dated: October 15, 1996.
Philip Metzger,
Director, Trade Compliance.
[FR Doc. 96-26839 Filed 10-18-96; 8:45 am]
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