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Your port and agent charges
Your customs agent bills a dozen lines at different Sales tax rates, and only some of that tax comes back. List it once and get one figure for the costing calculators.
What your customs agent charges you
| Charge | Amount $ | Sales tax % | Tax back? |
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What it really costs you
Totals will appear here.
Questions about clearance charges
What goes in here, and what does not?
Everything your customs agent bills you for one consignment: the agency fee, document charges, examination, terminal handling, the shipping line’s delivery-order or release fee, container detention, and transport from the port. Duty and border tax do not go here — the cost calculators already work those out from the tariff, and entering them twice is the commonest way a landed cost comes out too high.
Why does each line have its own tax rate?
Because an agent’s invoice is not taxed at one rate. Service lines, statutory pass-through charges and reimbursements are treated differently, and some carry no Sales tax at all. Totalling the bill and applying a single rate to it is close but not right, and the gap lands straight in your margin.
Do I get the Sales tax on these charges back?
The fee is a cost either way. Where your country runs no reclaimable border tax, there is nothing on these lines to claim back, so the builder totals them as a straight cost and does not invent a credit column you cannot use.
Where does the figure go once I have it?
Straight into either cost calculator as the clearance total, so you are not retyping it. Signed in, you can save the breakdown and reopen it later, and export the whole thing as a PDF for your own file or to query a line with the agent.
Are the default lines the rates I will actually be charged?
No. They are the usual line items for your country so you are not starting from a blank table, with an indicative rate on each. Every rate and amount is editable, and you should replace them with what is on the agent’s own invoice before you rely on the total.