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In the country where I live, these kinds of fees are generally referred to "import taxes", because it's the buyer who's having to pay extra money which is going
by jonathanlydall 11mo ago
In the country where I live, these kinds of fees are generally referred to "import taxes", because it's the buyer who's having to pay extra money which is going to the tax authority, not the seller.
While they can have an effect of encouraging domestic production, mostly they're a way to extract more money from the population.
- Fabricio20 11mo agoHello fellow Brazilian! We cry in 200-300% on top of shipping costs.
- forinti 11mo agoThat's just not true. It's 60% and 20% for items below US$50. You could theoretically get charged over 100% the price of the product if you buy something really cheap and shipping is more expensive than the product because shipping is taxed too.
- jonathanlydall 11mo agoSouth African actually, but fellow BRICSian I guess.