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CTAO Strike OVER

September 16. 2015

September 17th – Please see the following press release from the CTAO website declaring the end to the 9 day ordeal.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Container Trucking Association of Ontario Sign Unprecedented Deal With Industry Brampton- The Container Trucking Association of Ontario (CTAO) has finalized a historic agreement at 6:30pm on September 16, 2015 This […]

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Tax Alert: China Imposes 6% VAT on Shippers

June 16. 2015

For those of you who have not been following the story, China undertook a pilot program in Shanghai last year to implement Value Added Tax (VAT) reform.  Noting its success, the program was quickly implemented by the government’s Ministry of Finance to extend to the rest of the country. On August 1st, 2013, it will […]

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The things to know about shipping overseas

June 16. 2015

When shipping overseas, one might be reminded of a social media relationship status –” It’s complicated.” Partly that is true because the experience compared to sending a package locally is very much different when sending one to another country. When shipping internationally, you just don’t think of filling up Sender’s Name, Recipient’s Name, among other […]

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