thanks for the replies. i should have mentioned that if the new rules are implemented as is, all books would be taxed: 1 percent for educational books and 5 percent for noneducational books. is it possible to get around this by ordering directly from US jobbers?
von --- do unto others what you would have others do unto OTHERS =) http://filipinolibrarian.blogspot.com/ On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 7:55 AM, toting_librarian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I had been ordering books from the United States and Europe for the last ten > years at least. Right now, I am happy and contented working with a book > jobber based in New Hampshire, USA. I send my orders by email and I just > wait for the books to arrive in my office. My orders get delivered directly > to my office. I do not pay for shipping and handling. I do not worry about > customs duties and taxes. I get the books with the invoice enclosed in the > shipment. We pay for the books at list price less 10% discount. We pay by > demand draft in US dollars drawable in a US bank. So far, I have not noticed > any blockade. I receive shipments every now and then. I have to import books > directly from the US because local book suppliers dealing with imported > books have a mark up of between 20% to 90% of the list price. With this mark > up, we simply do not get more books out of our small budget. This system of > acquiring books works very well for us. 90% of our acquisitions are imported > directly. > > There was a time when I advised our book jobber to send the books by > Balikbayan box. It also worked. The books get delivered to my office > directly, without worrying about duties and taxes. No hassle whatsover. I > just wait for the shipment to reach me. I am worried about the blockade if > it is true. But so far, our shipment of books reach me without any > inconvenience. > > --- In [email protected], lourdes david <lourdestenma...@...> wrote: >> >> Taxation has always been a problem whenever there are changes in the chain >> of command. It is always resolved however because of certain procedures that >> you need to follow when importing books. Libraries specially are not taxed >> when they import books because they are part of educational institutions. >> Maybe the people to ak if indeed there had been problems in the last two >> months are the commercial book importers. They have a lot of >> so-called"landed costs" that they need to attend to before they can bring >> their books into their own warehouses and into the bookstores or libraries. >> >> >> >> --- On Thu, 5/7/09, Von Totanes <von.tota...@...> wrote: >> >> >> From: Von Totanes <von.tota...@...> >> Subject: [PAARL] Libraries and "The Great Book Blockade of 2009" >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, 7 May, 2009, 2:43 PM >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> in case you're not aware of it, there's supposedly been a delay in the >> delivery of imported books for the past few months (meron nga ba?) >> because of a change in the interpretation of the applicable taxes. see >> what's been written here: >> http://filipinolibr arian.blogspot. com/2009/ 05/libraries- and-great- >> book-blockade- of.html >> >> if you are an acquisitions librarian or have a practical understanding >> of the implications, please leave a comment. thanks! >> >> von >> >> --- >> do unto others what you would have others do unto OTHERS =) >> http://filipinolibr arian.blogspot. com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Is he cheating on me? Find Out on Yahoo Answers. >> http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/ >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > __._,_.___ > Messages in this topic (3) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic > Messages | Members > MARKETPLACE > I'm happy I lost my Job. Now I make $12,000/mo online! See how I do it: > WealthResource.org. > ________________________________ > I Got Fired But now make $350/day online!. > ________________________________ > Mom Power: Discover the community of moms doing more for their families, for > the world and for each other > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format > to Traditional > Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe > Recent Activity > > 8 > New Members > 1 > New Links > > Visit Your Group > New web site? > > Drive traffic now. > > Get your business > > on Yahoo! search. > > Yahoo! Groups > > Auto Enthusiast Zone > > Discover Car Groups > > Auto Enthusiast Zone > > Y! Groups blog > > the best source > > for the latest > > scoop on Groups. > > . > __,_._,___ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FilipinoLibrarians?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
