Sunday, February 03, 2002, 11:02:19 AM, Peter wrote:
PS> Has any list-member experience of customs and taxes to be payed for
PS> articles sent to you from abroad after eBay-auctions. In Sweden were I live
PS> the custom offices official answer is that you have to pay both customs and
PS> VAT (25%) on the declared value of the parcel sent. Then of course the cost
PS> would depend on the value declared by the sender. Maybe this is only a
PS> typical Swedish policy?
PS> Any creative ideas how to evade these costs?
Peter,
does it apply to all declared values, or is there a limit? For
us in Czech republic, there is a limit under which you don't
have to pay anything (except small customs fee), not even VAT.
The limit is 8000,- CZK for items received from persons and
about 1500,- CZK for items from businesses. Perhaps there is
something like it in Sweden too, only the official "forgot" to
mention it :) ?
Anyway, marking the declaration as Gift wouldn't hurt. Also, try
to have the sender sent it as a private person, without any
sales receipts inclosed, that way it might look really like a
gift.
Good light,
Frantisek Vlcek
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