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Re: Seeking the Ultimate Truths on International Shipping
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lugnet.market.shipping
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Fri, 19 Mar 1999 21:09:02 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shipping, John Battcock writes:
> 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
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> 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.
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> 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...
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> My 2cents( +15%hst of course).
>
> John Battcock
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 you will pay.
Grrrrr
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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