Sales Tax (Page 5): We buyers don't pay these. The seller does. That's the law, and always has been. Andy...

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

tenny52 wrote:

Do you ever buy from Ebay sellers/exporters? If so, did you ever have to pay custom duties and sale tax?
It can't be any simpler. The law may change.

We buyers don't pay these. The seller does.

That's the law, and always has been.

Andy

tenny52 Loc: San Francisco

AndyH wrote:

We buyers don't pay these. The seller does.

That's the law, and always has been.

Andy

do you mean the Ebay sellers/exporters have already paid those?
I didn't know.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

tenny52 wrote:

Do you ever buy from Ebay sellers/exporters? If so, did you ever have to pay custom duties and sale tax?
It can't be any simpler. The law may change.

Err yes, and my wife buys and sells antique jewelry on line, internationally. We need to deal with this on a regular basis. Yes the rules can change, but one needs to stay up to speed with them. We are responsible for some aspects, the buyer is typically responsible for customs duty. We do get asked to misrepresent the value of the item sometimes, we don't go there. For expensive items insurance complicates things.

Other than her own business, my wife works for a high end custom jewelry design company. She shipped a box on Friday including about 15oz of gold and a bunch of gems to an overseas destination. The valuation was over $100,000. Somehow you don't want to take too many risks with something like that...

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

tenny52 wrote:

do you mean the Ebay sellers/exporters have already paid those?
I didn't know.

They are supposed to. I'm not privy to the Trump Administration's enforcement policies. But tariffs apply to any seller on international transactions.

Andy

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Peterff wrote:

Err yes, and my wife buys and sells antique jewelr... (show quote)

She must produce great stuff!

Imposition is one thing, collection another entirely. I have no idea of current US policy on the latter but it's certainly not the buyer's responsibility, right?

tenny52 Loc: San Francisco

AndyH wrote:

She must produce great stuff!

Imposition is one thing, collection another entirely. I have no idea of current US policy on the latter but it's certainly not the buyer's responsibility, right?

A friend of mine from Taiwan ordered some stuff from Amazon made in China, and have me mail to him. They are not expensive items, usually less than $50. In the US post office, I have to declare the items and their cost. The Amazon doesn't charge tax, I don't and neither does him.
This kind of stories may change when the trade war is ON.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

AndyH wrote:

She must produce great stuff!

Imposition is one thing, collection another entirely. I have no idea of current US policy on the latter but it's certainly not the buyer's responsibility, right?

My wife doesn't produce stuff, she deals in antique jewelry mainly, which is defined as over 100 years old. If you look at the the recent tariff details you'll see some stuff in there about that.

The company my wife works for is a designer / wholesaler of high end jewelry. The overseas manufacturers need materials, and she gets to be messenger to the shipper, amongst other things. Walking down a city street with over $100,000 dollars worth of stuff to Fedex is an interesting experience. Needless to say, she doesn't try to look obvious.

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

tenny52 wrote:

A friend of mine from Taiwan ordered some stuff from Amazon made in China, and have me mail to him. They are not expensive items, usually less than $50. In the US post office, I have to declare the items and their cost. The Amazon doesn't charge tax, I don't and neither does him.
This kind of stories may change when the trade war is ON.

So it's not "on" yet? That's very interesting.

I need to stop believing POTUS, I guess...

He seems to be saying otherwise....

Andy

tenny52 Loc: San Francisco

AndyH wrote:

So it's not "on" yet? That's very interesting.

I need to stop believing POTUS, I guess...

He seems to be saying otherwise....

Andy

But for more expensive items such as a few hundreds or a few thousands, it may raise an eyebrow of the US or the destination customs.
I wonder if any body has to pay customs with the foreign mail orders ?
I think because it is a small package, both customs would not charge any for consumer usage. I guess.

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Sellers are responsible for tariffs. If they don't pay it, you may not get it....

https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/internet-purchases

Be careful buying those MAGA hats...

Andy

tenny52 Loc: San Francisco

AndyH wrote:

Sellers are responsible for tariffs. If they don't pay it, you may not get it....

https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/internet-purchases

Be careful buying those MAGA hats...

Andy

If you bring a Rolex from abroad or anything over $300, US customs may tax you.
But if the seller mails you the Rolex, you pay nothing but the watch in the city with no import tax such as Hong Kong. I did(mailed) that one time and it was not a real Rolex.
Some Ebay sellers says it is the buy's responsibility to pay their own country's custom if any.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

tenny52 wrote:

If you bring a Rolex from abroad or anything over $300, US customs may tax you.
But if the seller mails you the Rolex, you pay nothing but the watch in the city with no import tax such as Hong Kong. I did(mailed) that one time and it was not a real Rolex.
Some Ebay sellers says it is the buy's responsibility to pay their own country's custom if any.

It wasn't a real Rolex? What a shocker!

tenny52 Loc: San Francisco

mwsilvers wrote:

It wasn't a real Rolex? What a shocker!

you have never heard of a not real Rolex? Yes, a look alike, weight alike, you need a real one side by side to see the difference, but you paid less than sale tax of a real one.
The not real Rolex is not for me, but I have a not real automatic Omega which I paid about $50.
You probably have not heard a lot of not real stuffs too.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Toby wrote:

I am disappointed. This is a money grab for the states. If the company you are buying from has no state located facilities what is the justification for the tax? It costs the state nothing except for transportation of the merchandise and that is what gasoline taxes are for. I hear one politician say it would level the playing field. Is that the job of the government? If so I want a tax on every cell phone that takes a picture.

Cell phones are heavily taxed each month. Look at the breakdown of your bill.

markjay

why are European VATS better ?

even why a "little" better as you say?

They are higher than our taxes, and also affect everyone?

so please explain.