Person chargeable with duty must be the importer at importation; subsequent purchasers cannot be held liable where beneficial owner rules did not appl...
Classification turns on the functional capability of facsimile machines to connect to an Automatic Data Processing machine or network; the Department bears the burden of adducing technical evidence to support an adverse tariff entry and failed to do so, so the importer's classification under CTH 8443 3260 was accepted. An adverse departmental circular cannot be given retrospective effect when it operates against an importer; prospective application was required. Where classification is a bona fide interpretation without suppression or willful misstatement, extended limitation and penalty are not sustainable, and the demand and penalty were set aside.
Classification turns on the functional capability of facsimile machines to connect to an Automatic Data Processing machine or network; the Department bears the burden of adducing technical evidence to support an adverse tariff entry and failed to do so, so the importer's classification under CTH 8443 3260 was accepted. An adverse departmental circular cannot be given retrospective effect when it operates against an importer; prospective application was required. Where classification is a bona fide interpretation without suppression or willful misstatement, extended limitation and penalty are not sustainable, and the demand and penalty were set aside.
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