I suspect that a tax can be applied to an excise, but vice versa.
In other words a play on words that our governments use to make more money to
pay politicians
David
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> That's because we have a VAT/GST approach which I suspect the murkins
> don't. Shipping is a 'service' and so taxable. Here, fortunately,
> photo gear does not attract import duty (usually 5%) or I would have
> to pay duty first on the value and then GST on the item, shipping AND
> on the duty itself (and on the brokerage fee and on the charge for
> 'opening' an item with customs, even if they don't)! I really can't
> see how duty is a 'service' to me.
> Anyway, what the hell is the difference between a tax and an exise
> dammit?!
> AndrewF
>
>
> On 17/06/2005, at 6:58 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
>
>>Erm, no, not really - in my experience customs duties are levied on
>>the
>>"landed" price, inclusive of shipping charges.
>>
>>--
>>Piers
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
>>Behalf
>>Of tOM Trottier
>>Sent: 16 June 2005 20:22
>>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [OM] Re: OT Leica bins on the bay.....
>>
>>
>>"Excessive" shipping charges can be useful if you're paying
>>customs / taxes
>>on only the "value".
>>
>>tOM
>>
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