When a Gift is Not a Gift: How (not) to fill out a customs form

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When a Gift is Not a Gift: How (not) to fill out a customs form

01-23-2006, 10:29 AM,

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When a Gift is Not a Gift: How (not) to fill out a customs form

Quote:If you are like me and actually report your eBay income to the IRS, you consider yourself to be a socially responsible Netizen.

Sometimes our civic duties are tested, however. What should you do when a foreign bidder asks you to mark a winning bid item as a "GIFT?" 'Tis the season to give gifts is it not? Perhaps you could try to rationalize the idea of gift-giving by including an actual small "gift" with your shipment?

I hate to be the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, but as innocuous as it may sound, the bidder has just asked you to forge shipping papers and dodge their country's law and our Federal law.

full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y206/m01/abu0159/s05

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