Valuation Red-Flag Battlecards
Recall valuation red flags and the response line that turns each into a supportable evidence request.
The client says: "The tooling is not on the invoice, so it should not matter." Importer-provided mold disclosed after packet review. Your line It may still affect customs value. Please send the tooling value, allocation basis, and affected SKUs so we can determine treatment before filing. Invoice-only thinking ignores value elements that sit outside the commercial invoice. The response names the issue and asks for evidence without assuming the final treatment. The client says: "The royalty is handled by legal, not customs." License agreement references imported branded goods. Understood. For customs valuation, we need to know whether the royalty relates…
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