▲ 805 ▼ i thought it was a negotiation tactic (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 1 year ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Pay sales tax on purchase and then again on import to border control because they believe vat wasnt paid yet because it wasnt declared right permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It wasn't declared as vat because usa doesn't have vat, only sales tax. Sales tax is similar to vat, but not the same, so declaring sales tax as vat would be fraud. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yes, but also no. Friend of mine works in the business of import and export declarations and he says there are forms and checkboxes that need to be ticked to not have this happen. Yes sales tax is not vat, but when declaration of import happens there are methods/procedures to have them be compatible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It wasn't declared as vat because usa doesn't have vat, only sales tax. Sales tax is similar to vat, but not the same, so declaring sales tax as vat would be fraud. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yes, but also no. Friend of mine works in the business of import and export declarations and he says there are forms and checkboxes that need to be ticked to not have this happen. Yes sales tax is not vat, but when declaration of import happens there are methods/procedures to have them be compatible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yes, but also no. Friend of mine works in the business of import and export declarations and he says there are forms and checkboxes that need to be ticked to not have this happen. Yes sales tax is not vat, but when declaration of import happens there are methods/procedures to have them be compatible permalink fedilink source parent
