[Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [Elecraft] Import duties on amateur radio items

[Darrell Bellerive]

On Friday 11 April 2008 00:31, David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
> Darrell Bellerive wrote:
> > I can't address this for the EU, but when importing into Canada, the
> > Government only charges taxes on the value of the goods, not the shipping
> > and handling.
>
> How do they cope with the common EBay tactic of putting the markup on
> the shipping cost to make the price of the goods look low?  For that
> sort of reason, the UK tactic of considering shipping for commercial
> transactions, and ignoring it for gifts, makes sense.

They don't. They go by the invoice pricing. If it shows the shipping and 
handling as separate line items, they subtract that from the total.

Now if you purposefully have the seller alter the invoice to show a lower 
price for the item, and I higher price for shipping, then you would be 
breaking the law.

I suspect though if the high shipping and handling charges on some eBay 
auctions becomes a big problem and the government feels that they are losing 
revenue, then they may change the law.

-- 
Darrell Bellerive
Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada