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April 2024, question 1

Broker Compliance · Broker licensing and duties

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

  1. Only customs brokers who have been approved for a National Permit are required to pay the annual user fee every year.
  2. All customs brokers are required to file the triennial status report and pay the associated fee every three years after 1985.
  3. Every applicant for a customs broker's license must pay an application fee, the amount of which is based upon whether the applicant is an individual, a partnership, an association, or a corporation.
  4. All customs brokers are required to file an annual status report and pay the annual user fee every year after 1985.
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CBP's answer: D. D: All customs brokers are required to file an annual status report and pay the annual user fee every year after 1985.

CBP keyed D as the false statement. The status report is triennial, filed on February 1 of each third year after 1985, and the fee is set in 111.96(d). There is no annual status report; the annual fee applies only to national permits (111.96(c)), so A, B and C are all true statements.

Each broker must file a triennial status report with CBP on February 1 of each third year after 1985. 19 CFR 111.30(d)(1)
Payment of an annual permit user fee defined in § 24.22(h) of this chapter is required for a national permit 19 CFR 111.96(c)

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CBP's key cites: 19 CFR 111.96

Question and key from CBP's April 2024 exam and answer key. The walk-through is ours; quotes are from the pinned editions in the reference viewer (HTSUS 2026 Basic, 19 CFR 2025 edition).