not sure what you meant.
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Did they personally tell you to do that?
... People reported multiple times here that they (Topping) specifically asked them to declare the value to be less than $20 when shipping their PA5 to China for repair.
Yeah… and people claim that their speaker cables sound good, as do their AC conditioners.
But I am not going to recommend those without firsthand experience.
And I have no idea whether those people are false flag posters, bots, types that jump onto the bandwagon, or some other tribe.
Arguably, I would suggest that value of the gear is closer to $0 than $20.
... Tax evasion is no joke
Certainly in Australia it is no joke.
“Goods and Services” (GST) tax was instituted about 20 years ago.
So “all of sudden” everything was 10% more.
Then they had no duty on goods <$1000, and then about 5-10 years ago now everything coming in gets a GST and duty tax on it.
And that is 10% Duty on top of the 10% GST, so it is 21% minimum.
I am not sure what the tax payer gets from the tax, but it was designed to curb consumption and raise government revenue.
But in any case, taxation is as old as religion and slavery, and just part of human nature.