Amount of cigarrete imports?

arleitiss

Hey, what is the allowed limit to bring cigarettes from homeland (Lithuania) to Ireland? I don't smoke but my family members do, as I am going to lithuania I want to bring back a few. Whats the allowed amount?

Paulw

I believe there is no set limit, for personal consumption.

However, yours are not for your personal consumption, so it may be viewed that you are importing.

ResearchWill

As Paulw said there in theory is no limit as long as local taxes had been paid, revenue do give "guidelines" for personal use.

http://www.revenue.ie/en/customs/leaflets/pn1878.html

Tiradon

I don't think they even have to be for personal use. As long as you are not bringing them in for commercial reasons (i.e. selling them on to make a few bob), you should be okay.

Paulw

Tiradon wrote: »

I don't think they even have to be for personal use.

The Revenue website says "They must be for your own use".

SunDog

THEY ARE FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE. 800 cigs or 1kg bacci

scudzilla

SunDog wrote: »

THEY ARE FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE. 800 cigs or 1kg bacci

Wrong, those figures are just a guideline that the revenue bods would like everyone to believe

SunDog

Saves any hassle though

uberalles

scudzilla wrote: »

Wrong, those figures are just a guideline that the revenue bods would like everyone to believe

Ok so how many do you think?

Myself and the OH brought in 4 packs each from the eu to ire. No prob from customs

RATM

This has been discussed before. The 800 that Customs state is deliberate misinformation- and Customs themselves know it because they admitted as much at an Oireachtas committee. There is an article on either independent.ie or irishtimes.com about the episode, the Revenue official admitted that they 800 limit no longer applies as long as they are for personal consumption.

Revenue have defined personal consumption as 3,200 cigarettes or 3 kilos of tobacco, period. They don't like to advertise that fact but that is what how it has been defined at EU level.

So there is nothing to stop you going to Lithuania and buying 3,200 cigarettes and bringing them back to Ireland. To be 110% sure of you getting them past customs (in the event of you actually being stopped) you should follow these points-

1) Have on you a receipt from where you bought them detailing the amount of cigarettes and the price paid
2) If the shop will issue a receipt detailing the VAT paid then all the better
3) Make sure the cigarettes you buy have a tax stamp on the packet- all cigarettes bought in the EU should have this stamp to show that it is duty paid
4) Ensure that you only buy one single brand of cigarettes, if you have more than one brand then customs are perfectly within their rights to suspect that they are not for your own personal consumption and are therefore likely to confiscate them


Stick to the above (which is mainly precautionary) and if you are stopped and searched then ensure you let them know there is no more than 3,200 and that they are all for personal consumption. Do that and you haven't broken any laws and you will be allowed to proceed.

Kosseegan

Cigarettes are bad for people and you shouldn't be bringing them into the country at all. If your relatives insist on smoking and adding to the costs of the irish health care system, at least ensure that they pay the maximum possible taxes on their tobacco.

gustafo

Kosseegan wrote: »

Cigarettes are bad for people and you shouldn't be bringing them into the country at all. If your relatives insist on smoking and adding to the costs of the irish health care system, at least ensure that they pay the maximum possible taxes on their tobacco.

Don't talk crap, who in there right mind is going to pay €90 a carton when they can be got for less than half of that,

All i need to do is walk down the road and i can get 200 smokes for €30,

I have not bought a packet of cigs in a shop in ireland for nearly 5 years and hopefully never will have to pay crazy tax money to a shower of muppets.

Milk & Honey

gustafo wrote: »

Don't talk crap, who in there right mind is going to pay €90 a carton when they can be got for less than half of that,

All i need to do is walk down the road and i can get 200 smokes for €30,

I have not bought a packet of cigs in a shop in ireland for nearly 5 years and hopefully never will have to pay crazy tax money to a shower of muppets.

Who in their right mind would buy cigarettes at all, at any price? Slow suicide!