HMRC advise of NCTS Downtime Scheduled for 25th February

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Gail Leeson
12 February 2025

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HMRC have advised that there will be carrying out essential maintenance to the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) XI & GB channels, on Tuesday 25th February 2025 

Scheduled timings are as follows:

  • NCTS XI 20:30 – 22.00 Tue 25/02/25 Duration 1.5hrs 
  • NCTS GB 22:00 – 23.30 Tue 25/02/25 Duration 1.5hrs 


Important Note: 

Any NCTS data submitted during this period via the NCTS XI & GB service channels will be held and processed once the maintenance activity has concluded and the service is available again. 

 

A link to the NCTS service availability page can be found below.   

 

NCTS - Service availability - GOV.UK 


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