12 Jul
2012
12 Jul
'12
1:18 p.m.
It's not the tax that bothers me, it's the
'inspection fee'..
Quite what
this fee is supposed to be for is beyond me, many times i've been
(correctly, as the value was over the limit) been charged tax
on intems
shipped ot me from the states aod of course I get this extra
fee slapped
on. But the parcel has not been opened, they take the value from the
green sticker that the sender put on.
I've never fallen foul of this but I believe that you can arrange
to pay in advance and thereby avoid the fee. In other words, if you
declare up front that you're about to import something on which
VAT should be charged, then you only pay the duty.
Antonio
arcarlini at iee.org