With the full implementation of Circulars No. 15 and No. 17, the new VAT Law, and the data networking between customs - tax - e-commerce platforms, the "gray operations" that used to survive are being blocked one by one: buying orders for export, hiding income, zero declaration, running around without invoices, private accounts receiving money.... ... Each of them is moving towards high-risk, traceable, and must be penalized.

In 2026, the compliance bonus period of cross-border e-commerce store groups has completely ended. 15 Announcement Data Penetration, Golden Tax Phase IV Full Link Comparison, Customs + Tax + Foreign Exchange Three Departments Joint Inspection, so that in the past, “zero declaration of multi-store, extracorporeal circulation of funds, and collection of Hong Kong empty shells” has changed from an “unspoken rule of the industry” to a “audit disaster area” overnight. The past practice of "zero declaration of multiple stores, extracorporeal circulation of funds, and collection of Hong Kong shells" has changed overnight from an "unspoken rule of the industry" to a "hardest-hit area of audit".

Previously, many people go to buy a single export, personal account receipts, do not do tax rebates, seem to save trouble, but the risk is getting bigger and bigger: foreign exchange reflux is difficult, the tax audit is strict, the platform is strictly investigate the source of funds, the store at any time may be involved because of non-compliance.

In the many paths of compliance, 0110 General Trade Customs + Hong Kong company this set of combinations, has become the mainstream choice of Amazon, independent station and other B2C sellers. Today, combined with the logic of practical operation, this set of modes to speak through: why do it? How to do? What are the risks? Who is suitable for use?

The goods were sold, the money came in, and then--

The money is lying in an offshore account and I don't know how to get it back safely.

This is a problem that almost all sizable cross-border sellers encounter.

Some people go to underground money changers, fast is fast, but that is walking on a knife edge. Some people have not been back, put the money in overseas accounts to eat interest, but the funds can not be revitalized. Some people want to go through formal channels, but they hear that the procedures are complicated and costly.

Today's article, to help you put the cross-border e-commerce funds back to the country of the 4 mainstream paths clearly, tell you the cost of each road, the risk and applicable scenarios, and finally give the optimal program.

After so many years of doing cross-border e-commerce, do you know which customs declaration model you are using?

The answer from many sellers is, ”I let the freight forwarder mess with it, not really sure.”

But this is something that you can't be unclear about.

This is because the different modes of customs clearance have a direct impact:

Can you get an export VAT refund (the difference could be hundreds of thousands of dollars)

Can returns be processed across customs zones (affects operating costs)

Ability to benefit from platform regulatory incentives (affecting customs clearance timeliness)
Today's article helps you get to the heart of the differences between the three customs clearance models and shows you how to choose.