Joseph Duclos Thread
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I found three emails for Franck Dahan on the internet.....not the full addresses but it looks like [email protected] for JD so maybe fdahan@ or try his full name etc. Those were found on rocketreach.co which I've never heard of but I'm not familiar with sites like that or LinkedIn but may be ok.
He's probably also on FB, Instagram etc. Try them all.
I'm surprised that the State dept you are dealing with are not taking serious action to contact JD and ask for the money they are owed! Regardless of DHL which only deal with import/export fees, a crime has potentially been committed by JD as they are not remitting the sales tax to the State in the USA at all, let alone in a timely manner, plus if they are not correctly registered in the USA, that's breaking the law and a bit like tax avoidance. Perhaps the police or appropriate dept in the State should now become involved.
He's probably also on FB, Instagram etc. Try them all.
I'm surprised that the State dept you are dealing with are not taking serious action to contact JD and ask for the money they are owed! Regardless of DHL which only deal with import/export fees, a crime has potentially been committed by JD as they are not remitting the sales tax to the State in the USA at all, let alone in a timely manner, plus if they are not correctly registered in the USA, that's breaking the law and a bit like tax avoidance. Perhaps the police or appropriate dept in the State should now become involved.
thank you! I tried reaching out to Ramesh (perhaps it was not proper of me) and used [email protected] few days ago and email came back as undeliverable. I'll try it again using F Dahan, maybe i'll be more lucky...
State of CA has reached out to JD via emails multiple times but was ignored. On all my email communications with JD, State of CA are being copied as well. It is a full transparency. State is not claiming that JD didn't remit sales taxes per say, State is unable to locate JD as a paying agent in their database, hence it is on open issue ...
State has requested JD to provide seller permit # so they can validate that sales taxes are remitted. JD is unable to provide that info, because JD is not the agent who remit taxes. JD keeps saying that DHL takes care of all their taxes/duties...yet DHL can not pay sales taxes by law... it is like a loop
that is why i think that sales taxes collected from me and others are somewhere in the 'black hole'
Longshot idea: maybe the French Consulate in the US can help to get through some of the endless loop, or advise you on how you might proceed? Gosh what a mess!
Thank you. asking for advice from them is a good idea. It won’t hurt.
I was thinking further that the consulate will have an additional interest in making sure French companies don’t run afoul of US laws, and I’m sure you could play up that angle as well 😎
Thank you. I got a copy of DHL invoice. JD emailed it to me last week and State were copied. I spoke with the State rep right after and she said that info provided is not sufficient to find who remitted state sales taxes on behalf of JD. Dhl bill lists various numbers and state tried it all but the actual seller permit # is not listed on dhl bill. I know that State rep involved her supervisor to insure that there is nothing is missed.
Without proof that JD is forwarding the collected state tax appropriately
this is going to be challenging for @YGR.
Why JD can't provided that seller permit number is baffling & respond to the e-mails
professionally & not in such a dismissive manner is concerning for any potential buyer considering
purchasing a bag.
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Out of curiosity are you here in the US & asking because YGR is in CA & even though sales tax
varies across the US, there should be no reason why JD is not providing a seller permit number.
Who is the agent that JD uses to submit state taxes to?
DHL is not allowed by law to collect state tax as YGR comments
According to JD website, it says" all taxes & duties are collected at the time of payment"
so unless there was a miscalculation, DHL would collect what the difference might be for duty
not for state tax
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FYI, never heard back from JD with an answer on my 2nd attempt with regard to state sales tax
Wishing you a positive outcome