CUSTOMS DUTIES
BASIS OF ASSESSMENT. • The assessment of Customs duty inthfcse days of prices which vary from week to -week was mentioned in th® House yesterday by Mr. Isitt. He askec! the Sinister of Customs (Sir Willinm
Herries) whether he was aware that his was still persisting ill the practice of levying duty not on the actual purchase price, but on the present day values of commodities landed in this country. He contended that this was an addition to the cost of goods .which the people ought not to he called" upon to bear. Sir William Herries said that his information. was that his Department levied duty on the invoice cost at the time of shipment. The honourable member had been informed to this effect.
Mr. Isitt said that his question had to do with a new case.
The Minister «iid that the honourable merofier -would have his remedy if he could prove that duty had been'charged at more than the invoiced cost under tha rules ns prescribed for tho guidance of Customs officers.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 254, 21 July 1920, Page 8
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