[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 59581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27598]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 Customs and Border Protection


Customs Brokers User Fee Payment for 2010

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

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 25, 2010. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) announces this date of payment for 2010 in accordance with the 
Tax Reform Act of 1986.

DATES: Payment of the 2010 Customs Broker User Fee is due Monday, 
January 25, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Morris, Broker Compliance 
Branch, Trade Policy and Programs, Office of International Trade, (202) 
863-6543.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    CBP Dec. 07-01 amended section 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.
    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 as T.D. 00-18 on March 
15, 2000 (65 FR 14011).
    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 2010, 
the due date for payment of the user fee is January 25, 2010.

    Dated: November 3, 2009.
Daniel Baldwin,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Trade.
[FR Doc. E9-27598 Filed 11-17-09; 8:45 am]
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