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The tax problem could be solved by requiring a shipping manifest, including declared value, and applying taxes at the shipping carrier level. This would make m
by mjevans 7y ago
The tax problem could be solved by requiring a shipping manifest, including declared value, and applying taxes at the shipping carrier level. This would make more sense anyway since the delivery carriers have to establish a physical presence.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoMy machine tooling comes in little padded envelopes with standardized shipping labels that have the customs declaration info. They all say "phone accessories". If the origin country is not willing to track it back to the source and do enforcement for you and you don't want to categorically block or have invasive monitoring everything from that country then it's a fool's errand. The same goes for websites.
- chroma 7y agoIt's absurdly easy to get around these laws. For example: I had a motherboard shipped from China a few months ago. The shipper lied on manifest and claimed he was sending the motherboard back to me after repairing it. Neither the US government nor China got any duties or taxes on that shipment. Lying on manifests also lets people import quasi-legal things such as cell phone jammers. The manifest will usually say something like "laser pointer" or "wifi repeater".