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CARM

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management 

 
This page contains information about CARM, who needs it and how to register - it will also be updated regularly with the latest CARM news

November 2025

CARM RPP update for January 15th 2026 – please check your CARM account and advise our office asap the amount of security required.

On October 20, 2025, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) began its annual recalculation of financial security requirements for all importers participating in the Release Prior to Payment (RPP) program through the CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) system.CBSA has shifted its annual RPP financial security review period from July–July to October–October. For the current cycle, security amounts are being recalculated based on import transaction history from October 2024 to October 2025.

Importers must ensure their posted financial security meets the updated requirement by January 15, 2026. The recalculated amounts do appear in the CARM Client Portal, which can be found in the Client’s Notifications section. Importers should check the portal for their new bond amount, noting that it will not appear under Financials as previously advised.

August 2025

Rescheduling of Annual Review of Financial Security Requirement for Release Prior to Payment (RPP)

 

This bulletin is to inform importers that the annual review of the financial security requirement for RPP, originally scheduled to occur yearly in July according to subsection 7.8 of the Memorandum D17-5-2 Financial Security for Release Prior to Payment, has been rescheduled to October of a given year to October of the following year. This means the CARM system will calculate an updated financial security requirement based on transactions from October 2024 to October 2025 and notify importers via portal notification if a change to their financial security is required. If so, the importer will have until January 15, 2026 (for this year’s review cycle and every January 15 moving forward), to ensure their financial security meets the newly calculated amount. This decision has been made to provide the importers with adequate time to better adapt to the new RPP requirements.
 

What is CARM?

(CBSA Assessment & Revenue Management)

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Registering a Business on the CARM Client Portal

 

 

How to set up a Delegation of Authority

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The Canadian Customs House Limited

PO Box 220 Lakefield Ontario K0L 2H0

Tel: 1 705 651 7788   FAX: 1 705 651 5757

email: info@canadiancustomshouse.ca