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EMS PACKAGE FROM HK

Requested from BOC by D. Manriquez at 06:55 PM on May 30, 2022.
Purpose: REASONABLE TAX!!
Date of Coverage: 05/29/2022 - 05/30/2022
Tracking no: #BOC-870127874489

Manriquez 06:55 PM, May 30, 2022 

Hi, I would like to raise a complain to EMS PASAY CITY DOMESTIC ROAD! Last week my boss from HK sent me a package , which is a personal gift as her assistant , after less than a week the package came here and i received a text prom post office saying that my package was hold in customs, earlier my father go there on my behalf to claim but unfortunately the custom personnel gave us a computation of taxes , amounting 6,445 in peso , I truly believe that the amount is unreasonable, since its a personal gift from my boss i wonder why i need to pay for huge amount of tax?!

Officer 01:58 PM, May 31, 2022 

May 31, 2022

Dear Dianne Manriquez,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated May 30, 2022 06:55:05 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for EMS PACKAGE FROM HK.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of [some/most/all] of the information you requested.

Please note that as provided under law, all goods imported into the Philippines are subject to payment of customs duties and taxes except (1) goods qualified under the De Minimis Rule or (2) those exempt by virtue of specific provision/s of law/s, such as Section 800 of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA), Section 109 of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC), as amended, or other laws. For more information, please send us an email at boc.cares@customs.gov.ph.

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Receiving Officer

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