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de minimis
[duh min-uh-mis, dey]
pertaining to minimal or trivial things; small, minor, or insignificant; negligible.
De minimis gifts to employees are not subject to taxation.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of de minimis1
Example Sentences
Prior to the US tariffs, platforms like Shein and Temu had relied on the so-called "de minimis" exemption to ship low-value items directly to customers in the US without having to pay duties or import taxes.
Chinese online retail giants Shein and Temu had previously relied on the so-called "de minimis" exemption to ship low-value items directly to customers in the US without having to pay duties or import taxes.
Use of rules known as "de minimis", which allow low-value packages to avoid tariffs, customs inspections and other regulatory requirements, has surged over the last decade.
Trump recently called de minimis a "scam", brushing off concerns about higher costs.
When the rules around de minimis changed last week, Temu said it would stop selling goods imported from China in the US directly to customers from its platform, and that all sales would now be handled by "locally based sellers", with orders fulfilled from within the US.
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When To Use
De minimis means so small or inconsequential as to not be worthy of attention.De minimis is typically used in a legal context in regard to things that are not important or significant enough to be bound by rules or regulations. It is often used in phrases like de minimis rule or de minimis exemption. Like many other technical legal terms, de minimis comes from Latin.Example: Amounts that low are considered de minimis, so they don’t need to be reported as taxable income.
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