"DoF crusade against books" news article. URl: http://www.bworldonline.com/BW051909/content.php?id=144
On May 11, 4:44 pm, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > News Article: 'Bookblockade' irks Miriam; Senate probe sought > > URL:http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/11/09/rp-book-blockade-irks-miri... > > 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 > > > anyblockade. 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 theblockadeif > > > 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 BookBlockadeof 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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