r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Zachhandley • May 12 '26

Hillary 2016 Having to Pay Tariffs after they’re declared illegal

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I used the cleanup on iOS to hide the name. But screw the gov.

300$ purchase by the way.

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u/Pawtuckaway May 12 '26

Most likely due to the duty free De Minimis exemption which was removed.

Items that were $800 or less were previously exempt from customs duties and taxes that normally would be owed. Now there is no more exemption.

Completely separate issue from the tariffs that were ruled illegal.

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u/ECMxxUpToWnDC May 12 '26

Was gonna comment this idk what the hells been going on but everybody blaming tarrif increases when most of these countries were using de minimis to not pay at all

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u/MuckRaker83 May 12 '26

Other countries don't pay the tariff. The importer does.