shipping problem new rig from US to europe

[pasqual 0]

Maybe someone can tell me how shipping my new rig from US to europe (without paying tax,excise). What is the best and fast method?????

thx

pasqual

[tso-d_chris 0]

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Maybe someone can tell me how shipping my new rig from US to europe (without paying tax,excise). What is the best and fast method?????

thx

Hand carry it.

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[RossDagley 0]

As Chris said - hand carry it. I just got stung £40 tax by customs for a *repair* to my rig returning from the US - clearly labled as such.

[skyblu3 0]

Have the sender under claim it at lets say $25.00
But you wont be able to insure it so if it gets lost that's your loss.

[TrickyDicky 0]

Repairs are still liable for VAT.

And I think there are big repurcussions if they find out you've mis-labelled the value of the item in the box.

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[RossDagley 0]

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Repairs are still liable for VAT.

And I think there are big repurcussions if they find out you've mis-labelled the value of the item in the box.

Not disputing that - just saying the government are wankers because of it

[arlo 0]

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Have the sender under claim it at lets say $25.00
But you wont be able to insure it so if it gets lost that's your loss.

so you're saying that the gear dealer should lie about it on the form and risk a felony and possibly losing their business in order to ship someone a rig overseas because they don't want to pay the extra few bucks VAT?

now THAT makes perfect sense.

[skybytch 273]

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so you're saying that the gear dealer should lie about it on the form and risk a felony and possibly losing their business in order to ship someone a rig overseas because they don't want to pay the extra few bucks VAT?

If those evil gear dealers weren't all about making money off skydivers instead of providing a service to their skydiving brothers and sisters out of the goodness of their hearts, they'd do just that.

[skyblu3 0]

its not such a big deal. I've bought loads of stuff and the suppliers have gladly lied about the price. Or better yet have them mark it as a gift and tell them to not include any paperwork, invoices, etc. with the package but to post everything seperate. When the post office asks about value play dumb and say it was a surprise gift and you don't even know what's inside the box.

[tnscorcoran 0]

2 options, either go over to the staes and bring it back yourself - and get a free holiday off the saved tax or get them to ship it by fedex and value it low. Your gear will be safe with fedex

[billyg23 0]

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[bigway 4]

Are you kidding me?

This is a question that you really need an answer to?

Umm, why dont you get the dealer to send it to someone you know in the states and then get them to send it to you as a gift??

If you dont know anybody to do this then that is just your bad luck and you need to pay taxes.
If you have purchased a rig before asking the dealer to send it as a gift then that is plain dumb!
You may as well have bought it here in the uk.

Sort your shit out before you make purchases.

Might i add, Maybe you could go to another forum and ask how to commit fraud on your first post.

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[georgerussia 0]

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Umm, why dont you get the dealer to send it to someone you know in the states and then get them to send it to you as a gift??

Doesn't this someone then has to pay a gift tax in US? I heard that gifts over some (very low) value are taxable.

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[Waldschrat 0]

Thats right, same thing in old germany.

The Limit is 50€ if i remember right.

[bigway 4]

I have never heard of gift tax and i get canopies sent over every now and then.

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[DrewEckhardt 0]

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Doesn't this someone then has to pay a gift tax in US? I heard that gifts over some (very low) value are taxable.

In the United States we have a lifetime $1,000,000 gift allowance. Gifts in excess of an $11,000 annual exclusion count against that limit.

Once you hit the limit, you pay a 47% tax.

The gift tax is there to keep people from getting arround the estate tax by giving their heirs property before they die.