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Electronic goods from canada

jozi · 2009-09-27 12:34:37

How much in taxes and duties and what not would i expect to have to pay if i got a friend to send over an mp3 player from canada?

27-09-2009 12:34pm

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How much in taxes and duties and what not would i expect to have to pay if i got a friend to send over an mp3 player from canada?

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#2 27-09-2009 2:28pm

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Nothing if you get him to put them in a brown box marked as a gift with a valuation of 'No Value'.

Otherwise expect to pay a lot - generally at least 35% of the value declared.

35% may not be the correct duty but you will end up paying at least that.

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#3 27-09-2009 2:43pm

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35% is quite high. Is that on the value here or on the value over there? Still works out a little bit cheaper but much more hasle

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#4 27-09-2009 3:30pm

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Don't declare the value!

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#5 27-09-2009 3:32pm

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35% is quite high compared to what?

Like I said it's a ballpark figure - but you will pay at least 35% of their declared value.

Don't declare the value and you'll pay nothing.

To give an example: If you buy $150 worth of clothes and the shipping is $50, you will pay around $70 in customs - 35% of $200.

Like it or loath it, it's what you will pay even though you might argue you shouldn't pay duty on shipping. You may be lucky and it might slip through the net.

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#6 27-09-2009 5:18pm

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Thread.

Making a false customs declaration would be tax evasion, and is illegal.

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