CARM Is Here – What You Need to Know About Shipping into Canada
On October 21st, 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)’s CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) system became the official system of record for all commercial goods imported into Canada. This change has a direct impact on how importers can receive their duties and taxes invoices and how they can pay them.
All functionalities of the CARM Client Portal (CCP) have been available as of CARM Release 3 in October 2024. CARM Release 3 introduced the Release Prior to Payment for all importers, a new CARM Commercial Accounting Declaration (CAD) that changed the way we declare goods and the billing cycles have been harmonized.
Complete Your Registration on the CARM Client Portal (CCP)
How to Proceed
Pro Tip: Have the CBSA Information Sheet on hand when registering your business on the CARM Client Portal (CCP).
Step 1: Access and Register Your Business on the CCP.
You will need to complete the following steps. Please review the following CBSA document for helpful guidelines on how to register a business on the CCP.
- Create your GCKey on the CBSA website
- Create your client profile
- Register for multi-factor authentication
- Register your business:
- Ensure that the legal entity name and address match the registered information with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
- Retrieve a previous Notice of Assessment and confirm the legal name and address of your company
- Answer two (2) out of three (3) of the Affinity Questions
- “The total amount of duties and taxes for an import accounting transaction accepted by the CBSA from 2017-09-18 to current”
- “Provide an exact amount of a payment that has been applied to your account since 2017-09-18″
- “Balance of a Statement of Account (SOA) back to 2017-09-18″
Step 2: Delegate Authority to RS Global Logistics. as Business Management on the CCP.
Please review the following CBSA document for helpful guidelines on how to delegate authority on the CCP.
Additional Guidance
Watch the following step-by-step videos on how to complete the delegation process.
- How to create login credentials and a user account in the CARM Client Portal
- How to link a user account to a business account in the CARM Client Portal
- How to answer the affinity questions
- How to set up a delegation of authority for a third-party service provider in the CARM Client Portal
- How to set up a delegation of authority for employees in the CARM Client Portal
Useful CARM Resource Links
- CARM Quarterly – A Newsletter for Trade Chain Partners
- User Guide – Onboarding to the CARM Client Portal
- User Guide – Delegation of Authority in the CARM Client Portal
- CARM Solution Spotlight – Financial Security
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Application for Daily Notice (DN) and Statement of Account (SOA)
- Information Sheet – Registering a Business on the CARM Client Portal
- Client Support: CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management
- CARM R1 Playbook
- User Guide – Financial Information and Payments on the CARM Client Portal
- User Guide – Managing Rulings