EDDC03120 | Compliance visit: risks: identity of the business they are trading with
From HM Revenue & Customs · Excise Due Diligence Condition guidance
there is a lack of detail about the supplier’s identity e.g. no address details or HMRC approval number or other HMRC approval number
the company (where appropriate) does not appear to be as described in Companies House records
there is no general visibility of the company they intend trading with
the company they intend trading with:
has returned only partly completed application or trading forms
is trading in high value goods from short term lease accommodation and/or residential addresses
a warehousekeeper has been asked to receive goods on behalf of a business which is not approved as a registered owner of goods under the Warehousekeepers and Owners of Warehoused Goods Regulations 1999 when they should have been