Information system of goods transport has entered into an international operation

The Customs Administration of the Czech Republic has newly put into an international operation the information system which registers transport of selected products in the regime of a conditional tax exemption. It responds this way to the EU Regulation ordering the Member States to implement a single tax (excise duty) regime. The aim is to ensure a safer dealing on the internal market of the Community. The entire system has been developed and implemented by Aquasoft, the leader on the domestic market in the field of development and supplies of extensive software applications.

The EMCS system (Excise Movement and Control System) represents for the tax territory of the Community an important safety element which increases effectiveness of operation of the internal market of the EU. Thanks to this system, the Members States have at their disposal, at present, more advanced tools for the carrying out of higher-quality checks which significantly reduce the risks of tax frauds. This also means replacement of AAD hardcopy documents with an electronic e-AD document, a faster circulation of information on transports between offices as well as tax entities (firms) and harmonisation of countries from both legislative and technological points of view.

Aquasoft has been working on the present project together with the Customs Administration already since 2007. "The EMCS system was implemented in the Czech Republic 7 months in advance, which represents a huge advantage which we made use of for an easier implementation in an international operation," says Tomáš Vinš, Project Manager from the Aquasoft company. "All the Czech tax entities had therefore an exceptional possibility to make themselves familiar with the application and with all associated changes without any haste," adds Mr. Vinš. After the national implementation it was necessary to prepare also other Members States of the EU for connection. Another group of eight countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Austria and Hungary) has acceded fully to this system since April 2010. The other Member States of the EU have acceded to the system only in a part for the time being, except for Denmark, Poland and Greece which have not launched the EMCS system yet at all. According to the EU Regulation, the individual Member States are obliged to introduce the system by the end of 2010. The EMCS system will be interconnected with the ECS (eExport) and eImport systems from 2011.