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CARM Program

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.

Useful CARM Resource Links