Jozef Balaz escribi�: > Hi, > > I have had troubles with customs in two countries recently (Finland and > Slovakia), so I tried to find some more information how to avoid it in > future. > > > To my knowledge, this is not correct - when "bargaining" with Finnish > customs officers to get my MZ-5N bought at eBay, they told me that even if > the package had been sent from an EU country, since the value exceeded 300 > FIM (I'm not 100% sure about this amount), I would have needed to pay > customs + VAT. So, there are apparently limits even within EU countries, > maybe not so strictly applied outside Finland :-). >
But, were you importing it from Finland to Slovakia? I said that the "no taxes principle" applies to transactions between EU countries, not outside the EU. That's what happens here. If I buy something from a German or British shop, for example, and I have done this quite often, you pay VAT in the place you are importing from, and that's all. When I buy or sell to another EU citizen, not a shop, there are no taxes to pay. I have bought and sold lenses and other accessories, worth several hundred euros each, to and from people in Portugal and Germany, and neither them nor I have had to pay import duties or VAT. Perhaps custom officers in Finland have a different book of rules :-( And, outside the EU, I have bought and sold a few times, from shops and to and from people in this list or other lists, for example the US, Ukraine, etc. without having to pay duties. Sometimes the amount of money has been small, but at least once it was more than 800 US $. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Carlos Royo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zaragoza (Aragon) - Spain ------------------------------------------------------------------ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
