We recently contracted Curlett, Cannon and Galbell Pty Ltd to Audit our Duty payments over the last 4 years which is the allowable time under Customs Law and Legislation.
Whilst sceptic at first of David, Chris and the CCG team’s ability to identify Refunds as we believed that our Duty payments had always been correct, as the risk was nil we decided to proceed.
We were delighted with the results which provided for Refunds and ongoing savings and the input from myself and my Company on product identification and involvement was minimal. A good result all around.
Andrew Wilson
Managing Director,Moss Products Pty Ltd
We recently conducted a duty audit with the help of Curlett, Cannon & Galbell Pty Ltd to evaluate our import processing.
I am writing here to thank the staff of Curlett, Cannon & Galbell (CCG) for efforts in successfully auditing and arranging for the repayment of overpaid Customs Duties on behalf of Yipose Trading Company.
It is clear that CCG are specialists in the Australian Customs and Trade & Tariff field and that their team is dedicated to the needs of its clients. Their depth of knowledge and understanding of Customs legislation proved to be invaluable. We are particularly pleased with the excellent results achieved.
CCG Customs Duty Refund Audit service and response is of excellent quality and I have no hesitation in recommending the services of Curlett, Cannon & Galbell to other importers.
Cynthia Ma
Accountant, Yipose Trading Company Pty Ltd
We recently conducted a duty audit with the help of Curlett, Cannon & Galbell Pty Ltd to evaluate our import processing.
While we had hoped to achieve some refunds, we were surprised how successful this audit was. Due to products previously being incorrectly classified or available concessions having been overlooked, Curlett, Cannon & Galbell arranged for amendments and considerable refunds.
The whole process of the audit was pleasant, properly explained and handled quickly and transparently. The audit document will be very useful for our ongoing import processing. We have no hesitation in recommending David, Chris and his colleagues and believe many companies would benefit from their services.
Thomas Michael
Director, Bright Life Australia Pty Ltd
Thank you very much for auditing our customs duty payments over the last few years. The result speaks for itself and we are very happy with the outcome.
At first, we were a bit hesitant as to the amount of input required from us but the process was rather simple. The savings not only on past payments but also on future shipments made this a worthwhile exercise.
Reto Broger
Managing Director, MEP Instruments Pty Ltd
We have engaged Curlett, Cannon & Galbell Pty Ltd. (CCG) to conduct a tariff audit on our historical import files covering last four years. During the process, CCG have demonstrated professionalism and efficiency in screening through the large number of our import products/transactions and identified new opportunities of applying existing or new TCOs. As a result, we have achieved a good amount of duty refund and on-going duty savings to the business. They have exceeded our expectations.
We are very thankful to the services of CCG team. It’s a great pleasure to work with them.
We highly recommend their services to any companies who are considering an independent tariff audit.”
Roy Lin
Supply Manager, ITW Group
Curlett, Cannon & Galbell Pty Ltd has conducted Customs Duty Audits on our behalf over the past 18 months, each time resulting in a refund to us.
David Smith and his team are very professional, non-obtrusive and treat our records and files in a highly confidential manner. At the end of their investigations, they provide us with a detailed audit report with findings and recommendations.
I would have no hesitation in recommending the services of Curlett, Cannon & Galbell to other organisations and we look forward to continuing our current working relationship with them into the future
Brad East
Financial Controller, Swing Gifts Pty Ltd
We were looking for a new freight forwarder/customs broker and decide to cold call Curlett, Cannon and Galbell to see what they had to offer.
We are very happy with their services, and we were offered an Audit on all our back dated Duties paid on our imports.
I was sceptical at first and thought there was no point as we were paying the duty as we should, but to our surprise they achieved more than we expected and found some great refunds to our company, and have provide ongoing savings for us on any future duties with our imports. I would highly recommend this service.
Shane Hardiman
Director, Westside Packaging Systems
When approached by CCG I was fairly sceptical of what benefit they could be to our business as we have been importing since 1996 and thought we would have everything covered. However, upon a little persuasion by them I thought nothing ventured nothing gained. The process was non-evasive done very efficiently over a short period of time with very little inconvenience to our business. The rewards at the end made the whole process very worthwhile.
I thank them for that initial persuasion, and would highly recommend them to other businesses.
Glenn Evans
Director, Hitech Fasteners Aust Pty Ltd
Davies Craig has been at the forefront of automotive innovation for the past 40 years, importing and exporting parts / components globally in that time. So when we were approached by Curlett, Cannon & Galbell Pty Ltd to investigate our import /export operations, it was fair to say we were a little skeptical and apprehensive.
After several months of investigations followed by a hefty duty refund cheque, we are not only believers but extremely pleased with the outcome. We are more than happy to recommend CCG Pty Ltd to any prospective business looking to claw back any extra taxes/duties paid or simply assurance that they are doing everything possible to minimize cost.
Milco Bogoevski
Chief Financial Officer, Davies Craig Pty Ltd – The Automotive Cooling Specialist
We were approached by Curlett, Cannon & Galbell Pty Ltd (CCG) with the request for them to conduct an audit of our customs entries going back over the previous 4 years. The objective of the audit was to see that we were only paying what we should be and requesting a refund on any incorrectly classified and therefore overpaid customs duties. Our initial thought was that we and our customs agents were pretty good at classifying our products and would be surprised if we were overpaying duties. Since there was no cost to us, and with the process being one of no refunds identified there was no charge by CCG we agreed to conduct a sample audit. The initial sample audit conducted by CCG on a range of import shipments showed that we had in fact overpaid some duties and the potential refund was justifiable in CCG conducting a full audit. The overpayments identified were mainly from tariff concessions that were in place but not utilised by ourselves. The audit process itself was straight forward and meant minimal if any disruption to our daily business activities. CCG sent their staff to ATAP to go through the necessary documentation and our filing system for import documentation also made it easy for them to locate and review. We found CCG to be very professional in their audit and they provided us with regular updates and summaries of their activities. In turn they also provided all the necessary information for our customs agents to ensure correct classification and duty payments for future consignments. In another few years time we would have no hesitation in CCG conduct another audit.”
Gideon Segal
Business Development Manager – Group
ATAP/IBS (Australian Truck & Auto Parts/ IBS Auto Solutions)
Just wanted to take the opportunity to thank the whole team at Curlett Cannon Galbell Pty Ltd, in particular David, Chris & Tony. Although after initial hesitation on the purposed Audit, we found the whole process to be simple, non-invasive and very professional. It was a pleasure to work together and the end result was well worth it. Not only was it a good result with past duties recovered, but we were all very pleased with the savings we will get in the future. I have no hesitation in recommending your services with other companies that we come in to contact with
Peter Adams
Logistic Manager, ENJO Pty Ltd
I want to take this opportunity to thank Curlett Cannon and Galbell Pty. Ltd. For their outstanding service in providing tariff advice and conducting a Customs Duty Refund Audit for Lincraft Australia Pty. Ltd.
In the time that they have worked with Lincraft, they have conducted their work in a professional and non-intrusive manner. They have been a pleasure to work with.
We were surprised with the results they came back to us with as we expected our Customs Clearance people to pick this up.
I would highly recommend their services to other companies that wish to undertake a custom duty audit. We look forward to working with Curlett Cannon and Galbell Pty Ltd. and will continue to use their services in the future.
John Maguire
Joint Managing Director, Lincraft Australia Pty Ltd
We write this letter of recommendation after employing your Company’s services to conduct a full Import Duty Audit. Prior to this we had engaged a different Company whose services were unsatisfactory.
We were delighted with the results which were unexpected and will provide for considerable ongoing savings for our Company.
Your team were very professional, very thorough and diligent in the way they conducted themselves both inside our office and in follow up by telephone and email.
As such, we have no hesitation in recommending your Customs Audit Refund services to any potential client.”
Martin Susskind
Director, Albi Imports
I would like to express our appreciation of the outstanding job that was done by CCGPL on our behalf. The attention to detail and responsiveness was excellent and has resulted in some very nice refunds and savings into the future. All staff were excellent, but I would like to put in a really big thankyou to Chris Norris. I would recommend your services to anyone and have already done so.
Carl van Loon
Director, Powerplants Australia Pty Ltd
We would like to offer our sincere thanks to Stan, Chris and the rest of the team at Curlett, Cannon & Galbell for their highly professional work in auditing our customs entries for the last 4 years. We were extremely surprised to find the extent of missed concessions from our broker and CCG were able to secure a very substantial refund, far beyond what we had imagined they would find. We would highly recommend their services to any regular importer.
Keith Yong
Director, Transgold Pty Ltd
I want to take this opportunity to thank Tony Bell and the Curlett, Cannon & Galbell team once again for their outstanding advice and service that they provided to us via our Australian Operations. In our first years, we were involved in a major cost issues that threatened the future of the business. CCG during this time conduct customs duty refund audits on our automotive components imports and they also negotiated successfully in achieving customs duty relieve and incurred all legal costs at their expense, which significantly benefitted us and saved Electricfil a significant amount of money.
Finally, Tony Bell and his team have provided a first class service to us over many years and I would have no hesitation in recommending them to anybody seeking any aspects of customs and tariff import business advice.
Patrick Thollin
President Electricfil Automotive
Beynost – FRANCE
Curlett, Cannon & Galbell have done an outstanding job at Mills Rubber Innovations.
Recently Stan Rusiniak and Tony Bell from Curlett, Cannon & Galbell (CCG) undertook a review and audit of Mills Import export systems and history. They were very professional from the start, and able to engender confidence with their broad and deep understanding of import export options and opportunities. This enabled us to understand the process very easily and work with the data as and when required.
The interim and final reports were easy to understand, and provided all the criteria we need going forward – which is pleasing.
Above all, we were able to achieve an exceptional result and one that far exceeded our expectations. Ongoing savings will top 20% of our annual spend, which is unprecedented in our type of business.
Clearly, we would recommend Curlett, Cannon & Galbell
Michael Rigby
Operations Manager, Mills Rubber Innovations
When CCG first approached us to look at the customs duties we had paid, we were sure the results would not be worth the time taken to get the paperwork together. The concessions for duties already paid and future were definitely worthwhile. Due to the company’s service and professionalism, we then decided to move all our freight forwarding and customs clearance to Curlett. Thank you for your pro-activeness to a small business!
Ally Schulz
Owner/Founder, Ally S Pty Ltd t/as minimink
Recently your Company conducted an audit of all of our import files over the last four years to audit the correctness of customs duties paid. Although initially sceptical as to whether any irregularities would be found, we were surprised and delighted by the positive outcome that you were able to deliver through this process, resulting in a not insignificant recovery of overpaid duties. The professionalism and knowledge of your staff was impeccable and was, in my view, the reason that the review was so successful. I would have no hesitation in recommending your services to any other importer that pays customs duties, irrelevant of the size of their business.
Murray Taylor
Chief Financial Officer, SleepMaster Pty Ltd
Thank you for the excellent outcome resulting from your most recent Import File Audit, where a significant amount of duty was refunded. You conducted part of your audit on site in a non-obtrusive manner, which is important when endeavouring to go about our day-to-day tasks, so this was very much appreciated. Thank you again to you and your team for your professionalism and excellent service’’
Frank Loiacono
Roger Seller
The Curlett Cannon & Galbell, “team came in and very quickly and conveniently operated on our past files. We were confident that we had no incorrect past duty payments and they would find nothing. We found that we were grossly wrong, and pleasantly surprised! They found about 100 times more than we could have estimated. I highly recommend this type of service.
Ben Wilson
Managing Director, The Little Linen Company Pty Ltd
Recently your Company conducted an audit of all of our import files over the last four years to audit the correctness of customs duties paid. Although initially sceptical as to whether any irregularities would be found, we were surprised and delighted by the positive outcome that you were able to deliver through this process, resulting in a not insignificant recovery of overpaid duties. The professionalism and knowledge of your staff was impeccable and was, in my view, the reason that the review was so successful. I would have no hesitation in recommending your services to any other importer that pays customs duties, irrelevant of the size of their business.
Murray Taylor
Chief Financial Officer, SleepMaster Pty Ltd
Thank you for the excellent outcome resulting from your most recent Import File Audit, where a significant amount of duty was refunded. You conducted part of your audit on site in a non-obtrusive manner, which is important when endeavouring to go about our day-to-day tasks, so this was very much appreciated. Thank you again to you and your team for your professionalism and excellent service’’
Frank Loiacono
Roger Seller