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vr.tr.duty-possession · thing-duty-possession

Let an agent explain customs duties factually by goods classification, origin, rate, procedures and exemptions, without giving individual tax advice.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ECO
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Goods Classification.

Code

Tariff code.

Code

Classification.

  1. Which tariff code applies to the goods? provenance
  2. Is there a binding tariff ruling? provenance

Origin

Rules of origin.

Origin

Origin.

  1. Where do the goods originate under the rules? provenance
  2. Is preferential treatment available? boundary
Rate How much.

Duty

Rate.

Duty

Duty rate.

  1. What is the duty rate, from the official tariff database? provenance
  2. Ad valorem or specific? definition

Value

Customs value.

Value

Customs value.

  1. How is the customs value calculated? definition
  2. What is the total charge including VAT? measurement
Procedure Declaring goods.

Declaration

Customs forms.

Declaration

Declaration.

  1. Which declaration is required? provenance
  2. Who can file it? definition

Reliefs

Exemptions.

Reliefs

Reliefs.

  1. Are there reliefs or exemptions for these goods? boundary
  2. What conditions apply? boundary
Limits Advice and senses.

Advice

Professionals.

Advice

Advice limit.

  1. Is the user asking for advice on their own customs liability? boundary
  2. Should a customs broker be consulted? action

Senses

Obligation.

Senses

Other senses.

  1. Is duty as a moral or legal obligation meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
noun.possession
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.ECO
Facets: substance
social
Facets: origin
conceptual
Facets: agency
inert
Facets: mobility
not-applicable
Facets: scale
not-applicable
Facets: affordances
observable
Other names and narrower kinds
tariff, customs, customs duty, custom, impost, ship money, tonnage, tunnage, tonnage duty, octroi, revenue tariff, protective tariff

What it is Filled

A government tax on imports or exports, such as customs duties and tariffs, charged by classification and origin of goods.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain customs duties factually by goods classification, origin, rate, procedures and exemptions, without giving individual tax advice.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Tax on cross-border goods
  • Depends on classification, value and origin
  • Trade agreements reduce rates
  • Separate from VAT on imports

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Misclassify goods or misstate origin or value to reduce duty.
  • Help smuggle goods past customs.
  • Present an estimated duty as the official assessment.
  • Collect duty or fees while claiming to be a customs authority.

Only with a human decision

  • Submitting customs declarations on someone's behalf.
  • Paying duties or appealing an assessment.

May

  • Look up duty rates from the official tariff for a given classification and origin.
  • Explain how classification and origin affect duty in general terms.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Duties fund public services and protect industries; evasion shifts the cost to others.
  • Tariffs raise prices for consumers and can hit poorer countries hardest.

Who is affected

  • Importers and exporters
  • Consumers
  • Public finances

Owners Filled

Steward

The customs authority of the jurisdiction that levies it.

Master systems

  • Customs tariff databases

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • oewn-13334921-n - registry parent class

related

  • tax - category
  • customs tariff - schedule
  • customs authority - collector
  • duty (obligation) - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.duty-possession
  • Open English WordNet: oewn-13337021-n
  • HS code: six-digit Harmonized System code goods classification
  • CN code: eight-digit EU Combined Nomenclature EU tariff

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • HS or CN tariff codes
  • Ad valorem or specific rates
  • Duty as moral obligation is another sense
  • Tariff schedules, customs declarations and payment receipts.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • classify goods by tariff code
  • look up duty rates
  • check preferential origin rules
  • understand import declarations

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Wrong classification
  • Unexpected charges on delivery
  • Agents giving individual tax advice

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • WCO Harmonized System
  • WTO agreements
  • EU Union Customs Code
  • Free trade agreements and rules of origin

Context of use required Filled

  • Raising revenue and regulating trade.
  • ad valorem duties
  • specific duties
  • anti-dumping and countervailing duties
  • export duties
  • historical imposts

Sources Filled

  1. Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13337021-n - sense and gloss of the concept
  2. Wiktionary: duty - word senses and usage

Open questions

  • Should duty types be separate entries?
  • How should tariff databases be linked?
  • How should the obligation sense be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-duty-possession/spec.json