frankdatank
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Ah, US taxation system is a little different from Canada.
Firstly US do not have Federal Sales Tax like our GST, so there is no 5% there.
Secondly the US Federal Customs offices is not in the business of collecting States sales tax for the States, so there is no 8% there. Way back when, our Canadian Customs & Excise did not collect Provincial Sale Tax on importations either, until the Feds went in cohoot with the previnces a few years back.
The UPS Fedex Customs Service fee is their own way to gouch consumers. I read somewhere there is a class action suit against them. If you use Canadapost, USPS (their counter part in US) will only charge a small fee for clearing customs. If you use UPS or Fedex Ground service, the receiver will be charged a customs clearing fee based on % of the value of goods. For a high value item, the buyer may face fees of 2 or 3 hundred dollars. If you need to use UPS / Fedex, use their economy AIR service, cost is higher, but it includes the Customs Clearing fees.
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