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customs charge on package from germany?

  • 22-01-2016 2:37pm
    #1
    king2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭


    An Post came to my Door this morning with goods I ordered online and said there was Customs Duty due on it. The Package had a "Deutchpost" label on it and had obviously been sent from Germany. The Site I bought the goods is US based and the Package may have originated from there but I thought Customs was only charged based on where the item was last posted from?


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  • #2
    BreadnBuddha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,311 ✭✭✭BreadnBuddha


    king2 wrote: »
    An Post came to my Door this morning with goods I ordered online and said there was Customs Duty due on it. The Package had a "Deutchpost" label on it and had obviously been sent from Germany. The Site I bought the goods is US based and the Package may have originated from there but I thought Customs was only charged based on where the item was last posted from?

    You pay the duty and VAT unless it was paid at point of entry into the EU. Simple.


  • #3
    king2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭king2


    How do Customs know if it has been paid or not?


  • #4
    BreadnBuddha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,311 ✭✭✭BreadnBuddha


    Bonded distribution facility within the EU handle the logistics for the US based trader. The goods can be held in a bonded warehouse in Germany without the taxes being levied, then forwarded to the purchaser via postal service with a customs notification that duty and VAT are to be levied in the recipients country.

    Such a facility operates under government permits issued in Germany. Similar exist in many EU countries. Holland is very popular also for this type of operation. Tax is paid by the recipient where payable, as the German bonded facility can be used just as easy to send product to recipients outside the EU, so tax would not be chargeable.

    I might not be explaining this very clearly, but I think it's easy enough to follow the logic and the application of import taxes as the Deutschpost label and presentation of a tax bill indicates clearly that Germany was just a transit/logistics 'stop' on the way to you. The transaction is no different from a taxation point of view than it would have been if it was posted to you directly from the US.


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