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Are you planning to #travel to the #USA?

"Our #customs officers will go out of their way to provide you with the very best amenities during your stay!" /s

"Upon arrival, you are eligible to be upgraded to the 16-day, concrete floor as a bed, #staycation package!" /s

"You'll receive several free amenities like chains around the body & being moved to unknown destinations regularly!" /s

"All for the low, low price of speaking out against #Trump on social media." /s

It's not worth it. Don't go.

It's getting worse...
If you plan to enter the USA be aware they could take away your phone and search it, too.

So keep three phone numbers in your mind(!) (not only in your phone):
1. home contact knowing what to do if you are detained.
2. US contact knowing what to do.
3. a US legal rights assistant.

And clean your phone of anything
- Trump/USA critical
- media (texts, pictures, videos, social media posts, ...) containing nudity, drugs, (toy) weapons, slang expressions, ...
- contacts/phone numbers you not really need

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump foundBy Robert Mackey

A Welsh woman speaks to @BBCNews about the “horrendous” conditions she is being kept in after “visa mix-up” at the U.S. border. “They keep saying in all their booklets that this is not a prison. It’s hard to distinguish from my conception of a prison,” Becky Burke says.
flip.it/DTwvgA
#Wales #US #Visa #Customs #Immigration

flip.itDad of detained US tourist urges care on visa requirementsBecky Burke, 28, has spent 10 days in a facility in Washington State and is desperate to come home.
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Best people can get are #NewOldStock #GTX1030 or worse like #GT710 or got forbid #GT210|s which noone should buy unless they are stuck in some hellhole like #Brazil where #customs make thibgs so expensive that people are glad if they can buy their used work computers (minus HDD/SDD) from their employers for an absurdly high price cuz #refurbishers and #UserMarket either din't exist or just full of shit re: prices!

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The United States of America is now a Hostile Banana Republic!

For the love of anything that is holy or that you believe in...

STAY THE FUCK AWAY!

Stop buying our products! Stop using our services!

Your
#safety will absolutely NOT be guaranteed, and your support of United States businesses and our economy only pads the wallets of the oligarchs!

All of
#Europe needs to issue a severe/ critical #TravelAdvisory for any non-citizen travelling to the US for work or play. #USpol #ICE #CBP #immigration #customs #DHS

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https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2025/02/28/german-tourist-held-indefinitely-in-san-diego-area-immigrant-detention-facility?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

KPBS · German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego-area immigrant detention facilityBy Gustavo Solis

Finnish Customs investigates rare counterfeit euro case.

An intercepted package from Italy contained 60,000 euros in 200 euro banknotes, which appeared highly authentic. However, technical analysis led Customs to suspect they were counterfeit.

Sophisticated euro forgeries are increasingly rare, as the currency includes multiple security features that make counterfeiting difficult.

mediafaro.org/article/20250220

News · Finnish Customs investigates rare counterfeit euro caseSophisticated euro forgeries are increasingly rare, as the currency includes multiple security features that make counterfeiting difficult.
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@timbray
Importer pays tariff to their home government. Tariff is collected during customs clearance. In the US the tariff is paid to US Customs and Border Protection Service cbp.gov/ at the border usually by a licensed US broker representing the importer.

The broker handles customs declaration and clearance, goods valuation and classification, all documentation and procedures for clearing the canola oil through customs.

The primary valuation method is transaction value, other methods are used if that is not available. WTO Valuation Agreement determines how customs valuation is done.

Frequent exporters know the commodity codes for their products and tariffs and duties customer has to pay, and informs the buyer beforehand.

U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionU.S. Customs and Border ProtectionSecuring America's Borders
I used to order sometimes books or even a magazine subscription (Computer Music) from UK. I guess those times are over:

https://tulli.fi/en/-/magazines-imported-from-outside-the-eu-are-subject-to-vat-and-need-to-be-declared-to-customs-as-of-1-july-concerns-also-magazines-taken-across-the-tax-border-to-the-aland-islands

In addition I can no longer use a printing service with decent prices and great user experience:

https://doxzoo.com/

I'm not sure if this the best way to fight against tax evasion/paradises but I guess politicians know better 🤷 What a disappointment.

Any within-EU service that is equivalent/near in user experience when comparing to Doxzoo?

#eu #customs #brexit #doxzoo

🔶 Wichtigste Normen im Steuerrecht 🔶

Welche Normen aus dem Steuerrecht und anderen Rechtsgebieten zitiert der Bundesfinanzhof (BFH) am häufigsten?

Der Bundesfinanzhof (BFH) ist das oberste Bundesgericht für Steuern und Zölle in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

Das Balkendiagramm zeigt die 50 vom BFH am häufigsten zitierten Normen in seinen Beschlüssen und Urteilen ab dem 1. Januar 2010 (Entscheidungsdatum), die bis zum 14. Januar 2025 (Veröffentlichungsdatum) in der amtlichen Datenbank des BFH veröffentlicht wurden.

Dieser Zeitraum ist deshalb wichtig, weil es einige Monate dauert, bis Entscheidungen des BFH online veröffentlicht sind. 2024 ist daher noch nicht ganz vollständig.

Die Normen sind maschinenlesbar in den HTML-Texten der Entscheidungen hinterlegt, wurden von mir extrahiert und für diese Übersicht mit R gezählt, sortiert und visualisiert.

Der Source Code und hochauflösende Fassungen des Diagramms sind zusammen mit dem Datensatz hinterlegt.

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