Assists

Questions and answers about Assists – Tooling

  • ASSISTS

    Question: Our foreign supplier purchased tooling to manufacture one of our products and charged us for that tooling via a separate invoice.  Since this tooling was purchased directly from the Supplier does it entail an assist and therefore must be claimed as such?    **************  

  • PAYMENTS TO VENDORS AS ASSISTS

      QUESTION:   In an effort to reduce costs in garment production, we are looking to make “commitments” to utilize fabric from the fabric mills. The fabric would be used by multiple vendors for multiple garment styles. The vendors will actually purchase the fabric from the specific fabric mills, based on our planned production and […]

  • ASSIST DISCOUNT

      Question:       Here is a scenario for an assist.       A non-related manufacture in China (Company A) agrees with the U.S. buyer   (Company B) to source a tooling from a different party in China (Company C)   and split the cost 50/50.  So the company A by themselves finds […]

  • VOICE RECORDINGS AS ASSISTS

      Question:   Voice recordings are recorded on a sound file in the US as part of the design of a product that we are going to import. Would the costs we pay for recording be considered an assist?.  

  • PRICE TAGS AND VALUE/ENTRY ISSUES

      Question:       Greetings Everyone.       I have just recently joined ICPA and have been enjoying the wealth of   information it affords.       I know that Customs (CBP) has ruled that price tags and hang tags affixed to   merchandise prior to its exportation to the U.S., is […]

  • ASSISTS AND DI MINIMIS CONSIDERATION

      Question:   Is there any di minimis consideration that I can fall back on when deciding whether or not to declare an assist?   I have some misc. invoices ranging from $63 – $1000 but the duty impact on the appropriate entry would be less than $20   ==========

  • Transportation Costs for Assists

    QUESTION:   We are in the process of supplying components to our supplier in India. The components will be declared as an assist on the import.  We purchase the goods and moved them from several different points in the US before exporting them to India.  Do the domestic transportation costs need to be declared as […]

  • Transportation costs for assists

      QUESTION:   We are in the process of supplying components to our supplier in India. The components will be declared as an assist on the import. We purchase the goods and moved them from several different points in the US before exporting them to India. Do the domestic transportation costs need to be declared […]

  • TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR ASSISTS

      QUESTION:   We are in the process of supplying components to our supplier in India. The components will be declared as an assist on the import.  We purchase the goods and moved them from several different points in the US before exporting them to India.  Do the domestic transportation costs need to be declared […]

  • TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR ASSISTS

      QUESTION:   We are in the process of supplying components to our supplier in India. The components will be declared as an assist on the import.  We purchase the goods and moved them from several different points in the US before exporting them to India.  Do the domestic transportation costs need to be declared […]

  • TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR ASSISTS

      QUESTION:   We are in the process of supplying components to our supplier in India. The components will be declared as an assist on the import.  We purchase the goods and moved them from several different points in the US before exporting them to India.  Do the domestic transportation costs need to be declared […]

  • Domestic Transportation Costs and assists

      QUESTION:   We are in the process of supplying components to our supplier in India. The components will be declared as an assist on the import. We purchase the goods and moved them from several different points in the US before exporting them to India. Do the domestic transportation costs need to be declared […]