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In specific destinations, such as Norway, the UK, the EU (Cross-border), Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia (the exact list of applicable countries will be confirmed during the project), Global-e is responsible for remitting taxes to local authorities. For orders below the threshold, Global-e’s local tax registration must be included on the commercial invoice and declared to the carrier, as Global-e will handle the direct filing of applicable taxes with the respective local authorities. 

Merchant.Order.ExporterDetails.LocalRegistrationClearance – A Boolean value indicating whether Global-e will remit the tax locally for the order. 

If TRUE, the following fields must be considered: 

⚠️ Important Note:  

🚨Global-e’s IOSS number must NOT be displayed on the Commercial Invoices🚨 

If (Merchant.ImporterDetails.ImporterType = 0) 

“Private Import Mention” for B2C shipment  
 
- Merchant.Order.ImportDetails.CustomerTaxId - Customer Tax number provided at checkout as required for clearance into certain markets (eg. Brazil, Turkey) 

If (Merchant.ImporterDetails.ImporterType = 1) 

Importer details should have the Mention "Business Importer" – only applicable for shipments to Switzerland. 

- Merchant.Order.ImporterDetails.Company –Global-e importer entity name for relevant markets (e.g. Switzerland) 

- Merchant.Order.ImporterDetails.VATRegistrationNumber - Global-e importer entity registration number for relevant markets (e.g. Switzerland) 

- Merchant.Order.ImporterDetails.Address - Global-e Importer entity  

Should remain the same as today, e.g. the brand, 3PL, or other relevant party 

Merchant.Order.InternationalDetails.CurrencyCode 

If shipping country = “Switzerland” 

Shipment to be cleared under Global-e’s ZAZ account / "Terms of Delivery" to be decided with carrier  

⚠️ Important Note: Only the taxes applicable to the clearance into Switzerland should be billed against Global-e’s ZAZ account. Any other fee charged by the carrier in relation to the clearance should be billed to the Shipper of Record (brand/3PL) 

Merchant.Order.InternationalDetails.DutiesGuaranteed : true 

Shipment to be cleared as DDP or equivalent incoterm, to ensure no additional Duties and/or Taxes are requested to be paid at delivery by the customer. 

If "Merchant.Order.InternationalDetails.DutiesGuaranteed" : false and "Merchant.Order.ExporterDetails.LocalRegistrationClearance” : false 

Shipment to be cleared as DAP or equivalent incoterm, with applicable Duties and/or Taxes paid at delivery by the customer. 

If "Merchant.Order.InternationalDetails.DutiesGuaranteed" : false and "Merchant.Order.ExporterDetails.LocalRegistrationClearance” : true 

Global-e’s local tax registration to be provided to the carrier and presented on the clearance documents, considering that taxes will be filled by Global-e in the destination country (as mentioned in section “Global-e local tax registration number”) 

Shipment booking to be done following carrier requirements (process to be aligned by the brand with carrier) 

<List> Merchant.Order.Products 

n/a – to be taken from own systems 

n/a – to be taken from own systems 

Merchant.Order.Products[i].InternationalDiscountedPriceForCustoms 

Merchant.Order.InternationalDetails.DiscountedShippingPrice 

Merchant.Order.TaxCalculationRule - determines how duties and taxes are calculated for an order. Possible values:  

CIF (Cost, Insurance, and Freight): This method calculates duties and taxes based on the total cost of goods, including insurance and freight charges. 

FOB (Free on Board): This method calculates duties and taxes based only on the value of the goods 

Tax calculation rules defined per country in Global-e system. Clearance documents to be aligned accordingly.