Repayment · C285
HMRC C285 claim form software
Prepare C285 repayment claims from your own CDS declaration data, with the evidence and the authority attached to each one.
The C285 is the HMRC route for claiming repayment or remission of import duty and import VAT where the legal conditions are met. The form itself is the easy part. What takes the time is finding the declarations worth claiming on, proving the amount actually paid, evidencing the correct treatment, and being able to show two years later how the position was reached.
01 / What the software does
Find the claim, then prove it.
Munire imports your CDS declaration data and compares what was declared against the commercial facts you hold. Where classification, valuation, origin or procedure appears inconsistent with the underlying records, the declaration is flagged with the source facts and the basis of the flag shown — not as a conclusion, but as something a person should look at.
From an accepted finding, the C285 claim is assembled: the declarations in scope, the duty and import VAT actually paid, the recalculated position, the supporting documents, and the narrative explaining the ground for repayment.
02 / What it will not do
It will not turn a flag into a claim on its own.
A C285 asserts a legal position to HMRC. Munire will not let a flag become a submission without recorded authority to act for the importer, evidence of the amount paid, the documents supporting the corrected treatment, and a named person’s review. The software identifies. A person concludes and signs.
03 / What you need to start
Three inputs.
Your CDS declaration data for the period under review; the commercial records behind those movements — invoices, packing lists, contracts, origin evidence; and recorded authority to act, where you are preparing claims for another legal entity.
HM Revenue & Customs
Great Britain / UK customs · repayment and remission of import duty and VAT
04 / Questions
Asked before every engagement.
Is there software for the HMRC C285 claim form?
Munire Customs prepares C285 repayment claims from your own CDS declaration data. It identifies candidate declarations, assembles the supporting evidence, records the authority to act and requires a named human review before anything is treated as a claim.
Does Munire submit the C285 to HMRC automatically?
No. Munire prepares the claim and the evidence pack. A named person in your organisation reviews the position and takes the decision to submit. The software identifies; a person concludes.
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