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Import Duty - SAD form

  • 04-06-2013 4:12pm
    #1
    Nino Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Does anybody have any experience with completing SAD forms? I had a package stopped by customs which was ordered from Guernsey (outside EU). Today I received a letter saying that as the item is valued at over E650 I have to complete a SAD form at a revenue office. It gave no indication of what revenue office I need to go to, or anything else I need to do.
    Has anybody else dealt with this?


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  • #2
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,892 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    When I worked in a forwarding agents office , a SAD form was normally a 4-part green document , printed on dot-matrix .

    Nowadays , SAD's are normally filed electronically / online ( AEP or automated entry processing )

    Don't forget to attach a cheque for value of amount due to Customs .


  • #3
    Nino Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭Nino Brown


    If anybody else runs into this problem, here is the solution:

    I was importing a single, one off item worth slightly over the E650 limit.

    Filing a SAD form yourself is too complicated. They're filed almost exclusively electronically, and access to the system is not public. So the best thing to do is hire a customs clearing agent. I emailed 7 agents for quotes, and got three replies within a few hours.
    The three quotes were E50, E75, and E50.
    The 2 cheapest quotes were Bartley Freight, and Foremost Freight. Foremost seem like a bigger company, judging by their website, but Bartley Freight replied quickest, so I went with them
    I emailed them the details of my shipment, and transferred the taxes owed, and their fee into their bank account, and the the next day the funds cleared and they had my package released.


  • #4
    DantheDan Dan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭DantheDan Dan


    Firstly very sorry to drag up an old thread but I've recently had a bad experience with this and would like to help anyone out who has any problem importing from outside the EU. Basically I want to save you the time of ringing around various departments in revenue and An Post or having to pay a third party to get your goods released.

    Step 1: You need to get a Tariff Code in relation to your item so they can calculate the VAT due on it. So you need to ring this number and explain what it is your importing and they give you a code needed by customs and excise 1890 626 364.

    Step 2: Ring Customs and excise on 01 8776223 tell them the total of your order including delivery and quote the tariff code you got from the previous call they will calculate the amount you owe. The payment needs to be a bank draft payable to customs and excise for the amount they quote you over the phone. Drop the payment in to customs at Dublin port on promenade road bring your PPS number too.

    Step 3: Customs send a fax to An Post saying you have paid your bill and the goods are released for delivery.

    This information is very hard to access online and An Post almost suggest you pay a third party to make life easier in my opinion its unnecessary. Hopefully this post saves someone time and the price of a customs clearing agent.


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