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Tax on American footwear

  • 26-03-2014 3:47am
    #1
    deadanonymau5
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    HI

    I'm thinking of buying footwear from an American site as I cant find the shoes locally. They're 100 US Dollars and shipping is 50 US dollars, does anyone know how much tax/duties I would have to pay on them?


    Thanks


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  • #2
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,214 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    deadanonymau5 wrote: »
    HI

    I'm thinking of buying footwear from an American site as I cant find the shoes locally. They're 100 US Dollars and shipping is 50 US dollars, does anyone know how much tax/duties I would have to pay on them?


    Thanks

    I've bought electrical items from the US and got charged 23% vat off the revenue here other times the item got to me no bother/no custom charges. It all depends on if the item is intercepted.


  • #3
    Skatedude
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    dont forget that american shoe sizes are different from europe, and not very consistent from manufacturer to manufacturer. What shoes are you looking for.?


  • #4
    deadanonymau5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭deadanonymau5


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I've bought electrical items from the US and got charged 23% vat off the revenue here other times the item got to me no bother/no custom charges. It all depends on if the item is intercepted.

    How much did you spend on the items? I just found this site. According to them I pay 25 Euro VAT but theres no duty. Im not sure what I would have to pay still :confused:
    http://www.dutycalculator.com/new-import-duty-and-tax-calculation/
    Skatedude wrote: »
    dont forget that american shoe sizes are different from europe, and not very consistent from manufacturer to manufacturer. What shoes are you looking for.?

    Theyre Nike SBs ironically :D. So I think converting sizes shouldnt be an issue.


  • #5
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,214 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    deadanonymau5 wrote: »
    How much did you schargen the items? I just found this site. According to them I pay 25 Euro VAT but theres no duty. Im not sure what I would have to pay still :confused:
    http://www.dutycalculator.com/new-import-duty-and-tax-calculation/

    My item cost about 44 euro on an american website and I had to pay about 12-16 euro when it arrived in the post. This included the custom bcharges and an an post charge. I think the customs charged me about 11 euro and an post charged me 4 or 5. The custom charges is about 23% of the cost and the an post charge is standard.
    I know people who ordered the same item and customs never picked up on it.


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