Update Customs Reference in Excise Data

Excise Duty Management  •  Article  •  4/29/2023  •  3 min

Each company that deals with excise and have an excise customs license must declare the excise transaction for a certain period to the customs authority. On the excise duty ledger entries, you can add a Customs Reference, but this is not necessary for all countries.

You can add a Customs Reference Code to the closed excise entries for the Excise Period so that the reference to the Customs authority is stored on the Excise Duty Ledger Entries. These reference codes are used by the Customs Office when a periodic Customs audit may take place.


The Customs Reference Code is not mandatory.

  1. Select the Search icon , enter Update Customs Reference in Excise Data, and then choose the related link.
    The Update Customs Reference in Excise Data page opens.
  2. Select the Excise Period from drop-down list.


It shows only those Excise Periods which are closed and have no Customs Reference.

  1. Enter the Customs Reference Code in the Customs Reference field.


If you enable the Preview toggle, the Customs Reference Code is not updated in the excise duty ledger entries.

  1. Disable the Preview toggle to update the Customs Reference Code in the excise duty ledger entries.
  2. Choose Print or Preview & Close.
    A report is generated with the following information as per Tariff Group, Tariff Code, Entry Type and Subject to Excise Duty. It is possible to viewthe result of assigning of the Customs Reference to the Excise Duty Ledger Entries with the Excise Period in the entries.
    • No of Entries Updated
    • Customs Quantity
    • Customs Quantity 100%
    • Customs Volume
    • Trade Quantity
    • Excise Amount
      The Customs Reference Code is updated in the Excise Period and the Excise Duty Ledger Entries.