$800 is a meaningful exception for personal use. If you want a turkish $400 rug or a $300 indian wedding dress, it was always meant to be for personal, not corporate, use.
Can we agree that the law as it was intended was completely abused ?
EDIT: for graphic language
So now we have to deploy a less than perfect solution. Doesn't make it wrong, its just flawed.
(The likely result looks like CBP problems from before are coming back, correct? Curious on your take - has demand shifted since the rules were set ?)
FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) Modernizing international customs is critical for United States businesses of all sizes, consumers in the United States, and the economic growth of the United States. (2) Higher thresholds for the value of articles that may be entered informally and free of duty provide significant eco- nomic benefits to businesses and consumers in the United States and the economy of the United States through costs savings and reductions in trade transaction costs. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that the United States Trade Representative should encourage other countries, through bilateral, regional, and multilateral fora, to establish commercially meaningful de minimis values for express and postal shipments that are exempt from customs duties and taxes and from certain entry documentation requirements, as appro- priate
What exactly does suggest to you that this is intended for personal, non-commerce use?
Not really, is there a source for the rationale of the de minimis exemption?
To me well it is a tax, but in the end not that significant one.