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Zsuzsanna Klára Szabó

Legal Advisory I Customs expert

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She started her professional career in 1999 at the Customs and Finance Guard, where she was the chief foreman of the Customs Valuation, Transfer Pricing, Origin and Tariffs Department of the National Headquarters of the Customs and Excise, and then worked as an expert at the Institute of Experts of the NAV for several years. After graduating from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Pécs, she obtained qualifications as a chartered accountant, customs administrator, and financial and accounting auditor. She is an active member of the Hungarian Chamber of Judicial Experts and the Hungarian Customs Association. She is a lecturer at the Hungarian Customs Association. She is certified as an official customs expert. Customs tariff specialist, forensic customs expert, customs consultant.


AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • Customs consultancy
  • Preparation of expert opinions for court proceedings on commission
  • Preparation of technical opinions
  • Obtaining customs authorisations (authorisation procedures, follow-up)
  • Advice on carbon customs
  • AEO external, independent audit
  • Origin investigations, audit
  • BTI procedures
  • Ex-post amendment procedures
  • "Cost efficiency packages" in the customs field
  • Optimisation of customs processes
  • Analytical testing of products
  • Professional training, in-house training
  • Customs tariff numbering, database updating, audit, preparation of goods classification opinion
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Soter-Line Training Centre, Budapest, professional trainer (Customs Law and Tariff) (2019- )
  • Customs Law Expert Authority Examination, admission to the Register of Customs Consultants (2018-2019)
  • Registration as internal auditor (2018)
  • Registration in the National Register of Examiners (2018)
  • Budapest Centre of Economic Vocational Training, professional instructor (Commodity Knowledge and Customs Tariff) (2017- )
  • Member of the National Register of Judicial Experts (2015)
  • Sole proprietorship/company (2015)
  • Knorr-Bremse Group/Export Control, Customs, Foreign Trade, Customs Expert/Customs Expert (2015)
  • National Tax and Customs Administration Institute of Experts, official administrator/Commissioner (2009-2015)
  • National Command of the Customs and Finance Guard, Customs Directorate, Lecturer/Lieutenant Sergeant Major (2005-2009)
  • VP Kecskemét Customs Office, Inspector/Sergeant-Sergeant Major (1999-2005)
 
EDUCATION
  • Environmental and EPR assistant training (2023)
  • Perfekt Gazdasági Tanácsadó, Oktató és Kiadó Zrt., Accountant - Business Administration, qualification (2008-2010)
  • University of Pécs, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Judicial Administrator, diploma (2003-2006)
  • Budapest College of Economics, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, Financial and Accounting Auditor - Tax and Customs, OKJ qualification (2000-2001)
  • Customs Administrator, OKJ qualification (2000-2001)
 
LANGUAGES
  • Hungarian
  • English (conversational level)