Valuation

Valuation

  • valuation confirmation

    Question: We recently received two requests from two different entities (one related and one not related) in two very different parts of the world to explain the value of sample material our entity is shipping into those countries.  I think these are coincidental requests and not related. The request from the unrelated entity was not […]

  • Additional Labor Costs

    Question: We are possibly asking some foreign supplier factories to work additional overtime above our standard labor rates. For this we would possibly give them additional compensation. However, as we do that we really have no way to say exactly what items, on what PO, or to what global region those costs should be added […]

  • Samples

    Question: I would like to ask the Membership what risk there is to understate a value of SAMPLE product not for sale, especially product that is being tested or in the innovation stage.  I work for a food company with manufacturing and sales in Europe and Mexico and I have given guidance to always use […]

  • Samples

    Question: I would like to ask the Membership what risk there is to understate a value of SAMPLE product not for sale, especially product that is being tested or in the innovation stage.  I work for a food company with manufacturing and sales in Europe and Mexico and I have given guidance to always use […]

  • Commercial Invoice Value on Arm’s Length Transaction

    Question: We have a customer in Mexico that purchases FCA-Laredo from my company in the US.   We need to send them some equipment that is leased, not sold to them.  The lease is $75, but the equipment is worth $5,000 USD.   Our commercial invoice shows the $75 lease value. Do we need to change the […]

  • Valuation – Price Actually Paid or Payable

    Question: Within the meaning of the definition of PAPP, can I deduct the inland freight from the port to the factory for the empty container? I think not since it is not incidental to the export but looking for guidance here. It would seem the inland freight from the factory to the port for export […]

  • Valuation of clinical trials- returns

    Question: Hello Members! I’m looking for valuation advise on several scenarios. My company imports (from related party) in Europe, medical equipment used for clinical trials.  There is no sale, it’s an internal transfer.  Once the equipment arrives in the U.S., it is distributed to sponsors/ CRO’s for clinical trials both domestically and internationally.  Since there […]

  • Customs value on proforma invoices

    Question: Dear all, We are a company based in Germany, which receives device for repair purposes from NON-EU-countries or receives repaired devices from NON-EU-countries.  We have the following the questions? Question 1: When we repair these devices, we export them afterwards back. Which value is the correct value on the proforma invoices? Is it the […]

  • Value for Return to the U.S.

    Question: We have shipments coming back to the U.S. in their original exported containers.  Wrong product was shipped. The plan is to use the U.S. export invoice value as the declared value to Customs for the import.  Exports were shipped on a FCA U.S. port basis, and the returns will be shipped on a CFR […]

  • Pro-rating ocean freight over multiple containers

    Question: Our broker pro-rates the total ocean freight under one BOL and entry based on the value of the total shipment.  If we had more than one tariff code then should the freight be broken out based on what was charged for each container and what was in that container rather than pro-rated on the […]

  • post import price increase

    Question: I just read a supply agreement that we have in place with a manufacturer. Apparently, there is a two-tiered pricing structure in place.  We pay one price if we buy the various presentations of our product from the manufacturer, BUT, do not sell it to an end customer.  This is called the “Risk Share […]

  • Profitability Adjustments vs Transfer Price Adjustments

    Question: I recently joined a company and in assessing things as one does, I learned that for the past several years there have not been transfer price adjustments, period.  Not prospective or retroactive.  The company uses CPM method.  What have occurred are profitability adjustments that occur once or twice throughout the fiscal year, and then […]