The invoice must contain all the information currently required by Canada Customs Regulations and can be prepared either by the exporter or importer or their agents, and it can be done so easily by using Shipping Solutions export software.
Shipping Solutions makes creating your documents quick and easy by sharing the information you enter on the EZ Start screens among all the documents, so no one document can be completed by filling out just one screen. So, if you go to the EZ Start tab and just fill out the Canada Customs Invoice screen, you will be sadly disappointed when looking at the document itself.
Of the 25 numbered boxes on the CCI, 16 of them are entered on the EZ Start-Canada Customs Invoice screen. The remaining boxes are completed on the EZ Start-Contacts screen (2 boxes), the EZ Start-Product Detail screen (5 boxes), the EZ Start-Invoices screen (1 box), and the EZ Start-Carriers and Ports screen (1 box). Let’s take a detailed look at the 16 boxes on the EZ Start-Canada Customs Invoice screen.
On the CCI, the Vendor (Box 1) and Consignee (Box 4) come from the Exporter and Ultimate Consignee records on the EZ Start-Contacts screen, and they are mandatory fields. However, there are three conditional address fields that are entered on the EZ Start-Canada Customs Invoice screen.
For CCI purposes, the Consignee is the company or person that the goods are shipped to. If the goods are actually sold to a different company or person, enter that party in the Purchaser (Box 5) field. By contrast, the Vendor on the CCI is the seller of the goods. If the goods are actually being shipped by a different company, enter that contact information in the Exporter field.
The third address field, Originator (Box 20), is only used if the invoice is being completed on behalf of another company. The company completing the invoice is entered as the Originator.
As a shortcut, you can also enter the Purchaser, Exporter and Originator on the EZ Start-Contacts screen by right clicking in the white box, selecting Add Contact, and selecting CCI Exporter, CCI Originator or CCI Purchaser.
Box 23 refers to charges that were included in the Invoice Total (Box 17). If any transportation charges, expenses or insurance from the place of shipment to Canada were included in the invoice total, enter that amount in box (i). If any costs for construction, erection and assembly incurred after importation into Canada were included in the invoice total, enter that amount in box (ii). If the cost of any additional packing required solely for the overseas transportation of the goods was included in the invoice total, enter that amount in box (iii).
Box 24 refers to charges that were NOT included in the Invoice Total (Box 17). If there are transportation charges, expenses and insurance to the place of direct shipment to Canada that were not included in the invoice total, enter that amount in box (i). If there were commissions other than buying commissions, enter those amounts in box (ii). If there was any cost for additional packing required soley for the overseas transportation of the goods that was not included in the invoice total, enter that amount in box (iii).
Box 25 has two check boxes. Check the first box if royalty payments or subsequent proceeds are paid or payable by the purchaser. Check the second box if the purchaser has supplied goods or services for use in the production of these goods.
If there is nothing to enter in boxes 23 and 24, and the check boxes in box 25 do not apply, then you can check the box that says boxes 23-25 do not apply.