FTZ Management: Maintenance - Assist Assignment

Assists are support or aid that United States manufacturers provide to foreign suppliers to help the foreign supplier make products faster or at a reduced cost. Assists are typically in the form of machinery or supplies sent to the supplier. The values associated with these assists are dutiable. The
Assist Assignment
screen is used for the creation, management, and monitoring of assists. This screen can be opened by choosing
Assist Assignment
from the
Maintenance
menu.
You have the option to define an assist as an Equal Allocation or a Lump Sum.
Assist Types
Description
Equal Allocation
The assist value is equally allocated to all entries consuming the assisted product. Equal Allocation is the default assist definition.
Lump Sum
The entire assist value is allocated to the first shipment into the United States that consumes the assisted product.
The grid at the bottom of the screen shows the actual transactions with the assist portion.
Assist Assignment (Data Entry Fields)
Description
Name
The user-defined name for the assist.
Status
The status of the assist: Active, Open, Closed, or Canceled.
Code
The user-defined code for the assist as a unique identifier.
Amount
The total amount for the assist.
Projected Units
The number of units to be received to allocate for the assist. To enter a lump sum, enter 1.
Assist Per Unit
The calculated value applied per unit based on Amount/Projected Units
Est Units Remaining
The number of units remaining from the Projected Units total.
Lump Sum Flag
If this assist is for a lump sum, check this box. If this assist is not for a lump sum, leave this box unchecked.
HMF
If the assist value should be included for Harbor Maintenance Fees, check this box. If the assist value should not be included for Harbor Maintenance Fees, leave this box unchecked.
Assist Period
The timeframe the assist is set for.
ManufacturerID
Since products could be multi-sourced, this field designates which material the assists should be applied to.
Product Group/Sub Group
This field further defines the products the assists should be applied to. This field is optional.
Product
If the assist applies to only one product, this field is the most discrete level of assist allocation.
Amount Applied
Displays how much of the assist amount has been allocated.
Amount Remaining
Displays the remaining value of the assist amount.