The CARM ARL Initiative and Its Impact on the Visibility of Canadian Duties and Taxes Paid

Managing duties and taxes paid is of key importance to importers. However, keeping track of the amount remitted to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and when payments were filed has been a time consuming and paperwork-intensive process.

Luckily, the trade is now in the initial stage of a CBSA data collection and duty/tax assessment overhaul. This first phase of functionality, known as the Accounts Receivable Ledger (ARL) program, is part of the larger initiative called the CBSA’s Assessment and Revenue Management Project (CARM).

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Today marks a landmark in the air cargo industry as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Cargo 2000 (C2K) initiative adopts the name Cargo iQ. The switch reflects the nature of the program as a standard to improve air cargo data quality and increase business intelligence throughout the air freight industry.

Cargo iQ, formerly Cargo 2000, provides benchmarks for airlines and forwarders to increase the accuracy of information moving through the air cargo supply chain. The system was created to compare the standards of shipment planning to execution. Fundamental to the program are unified operational practices through the definition and measurement of actual “milestones” to “route maps”, or the expected transportation plan.