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Subject:	Re: Seeking the Ultimate Truths on International Shipping
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.shipping
Date:	Fri, 19 Mar 1999 20:29:34 GMT
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... > And by the way, does anyone have any qualms about doing things like > writing 'gift' on boxes in order to get out of paying customs > duties? Seeing as - whatever people's individual views > on customs charges are - they are a tax which strictly speaking ought to > be paid just like any other tax. > > Simon > http://www.SimonRobinson.com Well Simon as a Canadian who occasionally pays import taxes... It is not the tax that bothers me. It is the @#!$@$# collection fee the post office charges on top of the tax that rots my socks!! The rule as I understand it is that merchandise with a value of $20.00 or more is subject to HST (not a duty). In my neck of the woods it is 15% (shudder). Now if my package gets slapped with a tax assessment I also have to pay the post office $5.00 to collect it for Revenue Canada. So now I am paying 40% on my parcel. The "good" news is that the collection fee is a flat fee. It is the same wether the package is 20.00 or 2000.00... My 2cents( +15%hst of course). John Battcock

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		Re: Seeking the Ultimate Truths on International Shipping
(...) Actually, it's not the post office doing that, it's Customs - the P.O. doesn't see a cent of customs money. That $5.00 fee (which is also what cheeses me off) is the fee that Customs charges you to look at your package and decide how much tax (...) (28 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)

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		Re: Seeking the Ultimate Truths on International Shipping
(...) Is that a potential problem if you actually put stuff in a proper cardboard box, rather than just wrapping it in brown paper - as a cardboard box is more likely to look like it was from a company? And by the way, does anyone have any qualms (...) (28 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)

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