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Show or Display. The " Show or Display " rule is a statutory amendment to the United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) that allows certain privately imported automobiles to be exempted, if the vehicle in question is deemed to meet a standard of "historical or technological significance". The amendment, which became law on ...
The United States imposes tariffs (customs duties) on imports of goods. The duty is levied at the time of import and is paid by the importer of record. Customs duties vary by country of origin and product. Goods from many countries are exempt from duty under various trade agreements. Certain types of goods are exempt from duty regardless of source.
Sales taxes are imposed only on taxable transfers of goods or services. The tax is computed as the tax rate times the taxable transaction value. Rates vary by state, and by locality within a state. [ 5] Not all types of transfers are taxable. The tax may be imposed on sales to consumers and to businesses.
v. t. e. Grey import vehicles are new or used motor vehicles and motorcycles legally imported from another country through channels other than the maker's official distribution system or a third-party channel officially authorized by the manufacturer. The synonymous term parallel import is sometimes substituted. [ 1][ 2]
Vehicle title branding is the use of a permanent designation on a vehicle's title, registration or permit documents to indicate that a vehicle has been written off due to collision, fire or flood damage or has been sold for scrap . The designation or brand is mandatory in most provinces and states in North America when an insurer or vehicle ...
In United States criminal law, the border search exception is a doctrine that allows searches and seizures at international borders and their functional equivalent without a warrant or probable cause. [1] Generally speaking, searches within 100 miles of the border are more permissible without a warrant than those conducted elsewhere in the U.S ...
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security.It is the country's primary border control organization, charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, as well as enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs and immigration.
A customs duty or tariff is nominally separate from an excise tax for U.S. constitutional law purposes. Excise taxes can be (and are) set by federal, state, and local jurisdictions. Many taxes are called an excise tax in the statute imposing that tax (an excise in the statutory law sense) even though they could more accurately be called some ...