Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
April 2023 — Question 30
Use the provided calendar and the following entry record information to determine the answer with the correct dates in the order of entry summary due date, final post-summary correction submission date without an extension, and the deem liquidation date. If any single date in the series is incorrect, the entire answer is incorrect. Entry was made using the electronic equivalent of a CBP Form 3461 for Entry Type 01 - Consumption. System displayed Entry/Release Date is January 6, 2023. System displayed pending Liquidation Date is December 15, 2023.
- AJanuary 16, 2023; November 1, 2023; January 5, 2024
- BJanuary 20, 2023; November 2, 2023; January 6, 2024
- CJanuary 20, 2023; November 30, 2023; January 5, 2024
- DJanuary 23, 2023; December 1, 2023, January 6, 2024
- EJanuary 23, 2023; November 2, 2023; January 6, 2024 Category V – Quota✓ CBP's answer
Why this answer
Three clocks decide this. The entry summary is due ten working days after the January 6 date of entry, and skipping weekends and the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday lands that on January 23. A post-summary correction must be filed within 300 days of entry and at least fifteen days before scheduled liquidation; 300 days from January 6 is November 2, which falls before the November 30 produced by the fifteen-day rule, so November 2 controls. Deemed liquidation occurs one year from the date of entry, January 6, 2024. Option C tempts by ignoring the January holiday and by substituting the fifteen-day limit for the earlier 300-day cap. Watch for: Using fifteen days before liquidation for the PSC deadline instead of the earlier 300-day limit.
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CBP's cited authority
Answer and citations as published in CBP's official answer key for the April 2023 examination.
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