DMBM402010 - Interest: Charging interest – by IT system: Charging interest in SAFE: Contents and overview in SAFE


The legislation and business rules for charging interest on tax and duty types in SAFE are unchanged as a result of the introduction of SAFE. However as SAFE is based on a commercial package tailored to meet HMRC’s requirements, the processes for the calculation and charging of interest are different to those relating to other Head of Duty systems.

The following paragraphs explain what these processes are.

DMBM402020Automatic calculation and raising of an interest charge
DMBM402030Automatic calculation and amendment of an interest charge
DMBM402040Create interest charge following manual calculation
DMBM402050Amend interest charge following manual calculation
DMBM402060Clerical interest signals
DMBM402070Clerical interest worklist
DMBM402080Auto clearing process
DMBM402090Amendments to Effective Date of Payment (EDP)