GST will be incurred if the purchase is more than SGD400.
Borderlinx
The cap of SGD400 is based on per shipment, so it means that orders can be consolidated from different merchants, provided that the total amount for all merchants is less than SGD400 in order not to incur GST. There seems to be no limit to the number of orders that can be consolidated; however, if the total amount for that shipment is above SGD400, GST will be incurred.
The total amount of the shipment is calculated as follows:
(Cost of Items Purchased in USD x Exchange Rate ) + International Shipping Fee in SGD
VPOSTUSA
Orders purchased in USD (including any domestic shipping fee) x Exchange Rate + International Shipping Fee is less than SGD400, GST will not be incurred!
E.g. (purchase of USD200 + USD15 domestic shipping fee) x 1.55 (an estimated exchange rate) = SGD333.25, if international shipping fee is not be more than SGD66.75, GST will not be incurred.
The cap of SGD400 is based on per merchant, so it means that we can consolidate orders from different merchants to share the base charge, so long the amount for each merchant is less than SGD400, GST will not be incurred.
To Avoid or Not To Avoid GST
Currently, Singapore’s GST is at 7%. If every shipment is below SGD 400, shoppers will not need to incur GST for their purchases. Thus, savings of 7%!!
BUT, to consolidate purchases into 1 shipment will means that GST will definitely be incurred, as the total will most likely amount to more than SGD 400. However, due to consolidating of purchases, the international shipping charges will be greatly reduced.
Bordelinx allows purchases to be put on hold for up to 30 days and VPOSTUSA allows purchases to be put on hold for up to 14 days. Meaning that, any purchases arriving at ForeverSpree’s US Address provided by Borderlinx or VPOSTUSA, within their respective holding period can be consolidated. However, ForeverSpree understands that shoppers would not want to have their purchases to be delayed for so long. Therefore, ForeverSpree will at most wait for 3 batches of purchase or 2 weeks, whichever is earlier, and carry out the shipment of the items to Singapore.
ForeverSpree will evaluate which is cheaper. Whether incurring GST by consolidating shipments or incurring higher shipping charges but no GST.
In any case where there are no consolidation of purchases and the shipment amount is below SGD 400, ForeverSpree will never impose the GST of 7% to shoppers.
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How will the shipping charges for consolidated batches be calulated?
Each batch of purchase will have their individual weight. Thus, the shipping charges will be calculated as follow :
Weight of batch / Total Weight of batches * Total Shipping charges for consolidated shipment (inclusive of GST 7%)
Enjoy Greater Savings in Shipment, but incur GST 7%. Reasonable? YOU DECIDE!
Happy Spreeing!! =)
ForeverSpree