Cross-Border trade advisory for international brands
Advisory Services
Trade Compliance Program Design
SOPs, training, and process buildouts that get your compliance function audit-ready and scalable.Trade Compliance Program Design
Transportation Logistics Advisory
Mode and route strategy across air, land, and sea, covering express vs. freight, ocean FCL/LCL, and cross-border trucking, plus carrier and forwarder evaluation for international shipments.
IOR/MOR/SOR Structuring
Strategic advisory on importer, merchant, and seller of record models for international expansion.
VAT/GST Compliance Advisory
Guidance across UK, EU, Canada, and Australia tax regimes for cross-border sellers.
Tariff Exposure Analysis
Impact assessment for Section 301, IEEPA actions, and customs policy shifts on your landed cost.
USMCA/FTA Qualification Strategy
Determining and documenting eligibility for preferential trade agreement treatment.
Customs Brokerage Services
Tariff Classification & Valuation
HTS classification determinations and customs valuation support under 19 USC 1401a, prepared and submitted to CBP.
Duty Drawback
Eligibility review, claim preparation, and filing to recover duties paid on re-exported or substituted goods.
Binding Ruling Requests
Preparation and submission of CBP ruling requests for classification, valuation, or country-of-origin determinations.
Who we work with
- DTC and marketplace brands expanding into new countries
- Cross-border logistics, fulfillment, and eCommerce platforms building duty-and-tax services
- Finance and operations teams facing a tariff, valuation, or VAT question with real money attached
- Law firms and advisors who need a practitioner’s view of how customs and indirect tax work in operation
About
Thomas Taggart is the founder of AccenTrade and a Licensed U.S. Customs Broker who’s spent two decades turning complex cross-border trade problems into scalable commercial products — including a patent-pending indirect tax solution built while leading Global Trade at Passport. He advised emerging and DTC brands on the structures that let them expand internationally while mitigating customs risk: IOR/MOR/SOR models, duty drawback and tax recovery on returned goods, VAT/GST compliance across major markets.
Thomas Taggart holds an individual U.S. Customs Broker License. AccenTrade’s organizational broker permit is in process; brokerage filings above are currently executed in partnership with a licensed customs brokerage.
