From: Tabone, Natalie [mailto:Natalie.Tabone@schweppes.com.au] 
Sent: Thursday, 16 August 2012 1:01 PM
To: Excise Consultation
Subject: Excise Equivalent Goods Administration Submission 

Good Afternoon,

My feedback with regards to the structural changes with the ATO and Customs administration is that it has been reasonably seamless from a imported alcohol receival through to manufacturing and despatch point of view.

The comment I do have perhaps as an opportunity for consideration. Our sites operate in compliance with the Schweppes Alcohol program and QA Program. Each quarter the sites are required to review the deliveries received and trace through to despatch to ensure our records balance and match. The beginning of this process however is a request to Customs (historically), asking for a delivery summary to Schweppes to enable us to confirm that the deliveries intended for our sites actually did reach our sites. Prior to the Customs/ATO change, it was easy to get such a report. Now however we have been trying for months and the ownership of the report itself had not been clear. Lesley Kyle is working through this. However that was the one area I did note a difference.

Thanks and Regards,
Natalie

Regards 
Natalie Tabone 

Southern Region Quality Manager 
Schweppes Australia Pty Ltd 
Office: 03 9339 6341 
Mobile: 0417 378 982 
Fax: 03 9339 6354