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Customs charges on Graphics Card

  • 04-09-2005 12:04pm
    #1
    Shigsy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 305 ✭✭


    I bought a graphics card from the US, with a value of roughly €310. It got here and i was told to pay a customs charge of €74.90. The package was marked as a 'gift' and so i was under the impression that i didnt have to pay any customs charges at all. After reading up on it (the little i could find) it seems that you have to pay a certain % of the overall value once the item is worth more than €45, even if it is marked as a gift.
    My problem is that i seem to be getting charged at about 24% which seems very high to me so i wanted to know exactly how the customs charges are calculated.
    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    That sounds right. Customs aren't retards and they know all about the mark-it-as-a-gift trick.


  • #3
    WizZard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭WizZard


    See here. Bear in mind that's for USPS/SDS.

    Fed Ex/UPS charge their own admin fees on top of the usual customs dues.


  • #4
    robio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46 ✭robio


    Stephen wrote:
    That sounds right. Customs aren't retards and they know all about the mark-it-as-a-gift trick.

    although they might not be retards is there any other way out of paying this rediculas amount of money they put onto the order???? any way at all :D


  • #5
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    robio wrote:
    this rediculas amount of money they put onto the order????
    It's called 'VAT'. Everyone pays it, it's just that it is already quoted in the price of things you buy in Europe. Taxes are not included in prices advertised in the US (where sales taxes are lower anyway.) That is why prices in the US can seem so artificially cheaper... Until they reach customs.

    24% isn't a bad amount to be asked to pay, you are generally charged 21% VAT + import duty + handling charge. 24% indicates that (2) and (3) are very low in this case.


  • #6
    ghost26ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭ghost26ie


    i bought a 40gb creative zen touch and 2 belkin tunecast II fm transmitters from the US. had to pay €90 duty on the lot.


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  • #7
    StickyMcGinty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭StickyMcGinty


    yea the gift marking only works if the value is below €30


  • #8
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    VinnyL wrote:
    yea the gift marking only works if the value is below €30
    It's €22 and it makes no difference if the package is marked as gift or commercial:
    Packages, other than those containing tobacco or tobacco products, alcoholic products, perfumes or toilet waters with a value of €22 regardless of status (for private or commercial use) are admitted free of customs duty and VAT under the scheme commonly known as "small packages" relief.
    - "Customs implications as regards imports via the Internet" from revenue.ie

    Having said that if you are lucky you can escape the VAT/duty, but just don't expect to!


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