UPDATE 1-07-2021 CHIEF/ NCTS & GVMS DOWNTIME 3 & 4 July 2021
BY:
Sandra Strong
1 July 2021
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HMRC announce downtime for 3 systems CHIEF/ NCTS & GVMS over the weekend 3 & 4 July 2021
On Tuesday HMRC informed us of some planned downtime for CHIEF this weekend. After carefully considering the impact on Industry, HMRC are postponing the planned 4th July CHIEF downtime and will advise a new date in due course.
We apologise for the confusion and inconvenience.
The planned downtime to NCTS and GVMS is still expected and you can find more details on any periods of downtime or system issues at the following links:
NCTS:
Email - New Computerised Transit System email: service availability and issues - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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