Shelley McIlwain, Senior Manager – United States Trade Advisory Services

Shelley McIlwain, Senior Manager – United States Trade Advisory Services
Shelley is a Licensed Customs professional, with greater than 20 years of experience in import compliance complemented by a tax accounting background. Shelley’s experience includes both consulting and in-house Compliance Department management. Shelley specializes in the development of processes, procedures, and tools to support import compliance, the appraisement of Import Merchandise, Preparation for Focused Assessment Audits, the development and implementation of internal audit programs, and the application and Implementation of Trusted Trader Programs. Shelley holds a Customs Brokers license and a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Oregon

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The Test We Love to Hate: The Customs Broker License Exam

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Well, it’s that time again and even though it has been 15 years since I sat down to take “THE TEST,” it still gives me butterflies just thinking about it.

So, if you are taking the U.S. Customs Broker’s Exam on April 4th, whether it is for the first time or the fifth, I thought it would be nice to take a few minutes to remind ourselves why we take the test and what the best study tips are.

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Topics: Compliance Training

Are You Ready For an Audit?

05At Tradewin, we often hear importers say, “I know we will be audited. It’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when. What can we do to be prepared?”

Our answer is always the same “conduct your compliance as if the when is now.”  A focus on the core areas of internal controls will assist you with audit preparedness:

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