Does the United States have custom fee's ?

[saildog]

I personally can't complain too much about duties and customs fees. If they didn't exist, I would be out of a job (customs broker).

I reckon not!!!!

[Meule]

I have a question for people outside the US. If full value is declared, lets say $500, but it is marked as a gift, do they still charge you customs?


mikej

Yes, sad but true
They don't care about it being a gift, all they see is the $500 value

[Gorn Captain]

I have a question for people outside the US. If full value is declared, lets say $500, but it is marked as a gift, do they still charge you customs?


mikej

Absolutely!
Unfortunately......

[Joe90]

Between Canada and the US there are no "custom duties" per se, but we have to pay the sales tax if the parcel is opened and inspected. That's 6¢ on the Dollar with a $5 surcharge.


Sure beats the cost of driving down to pick it up!

[cjefferys]

Between Canada and the US there are no "custom duties" per se, but we have to pay the sales tax if the parcel is opened and inspected. That's 6¢ on the Dollar with a $5 surcharge.

In addition to taxes, there can be duties (depends on the commodity) on importations between Canada and the US if the commodity is not of North American origin. Some items, like certain kinds of clothing and textiles, can have quite high rates of duty. NAFTA really only applies to items that are actually manufactured in Canada, US or Mexico.

[jds1911a1]

Yep,
That's one of the reasons I stopped selling and shipping international.

A guy in the UK bought a Thunderbirds item from me a while ago on ebay.
He paid about $125.00
He wanted me to declare it as a gift and value it at $1.00
I told him nope

Same thing happened with a few other international buyers of mine.

I'm going to insure it for $125.00 and declare it's worth $1.00 ?
I don't think so

I always state custom's fees are buyer responsibility and that I won't falisfy a custom's form (as a legal govt document it's mail fraud)