News Article: 'Book blockade' irks Miriam; Senate probe sought URL: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/11/09/rp-book-blockade-irks-miriam-senate-probe-sought
On May 8, 9:48 am, Von Totanes <[email protected]> wrote: > 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://filipinolibrarian.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://filipinolibrarian.blogspot. com/ > > >> Is he cheating on me? 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