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Bluest

Member Since: 23 Apr 2016
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 4149

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Java Black

Shipping an item that belongs to me so as not to pay taxes

I lost an item that belongs to me in France when I was on holiday. I've located it and I want to get it posted home to me. How do I do that so as not to incur duty and VAT? 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS

2nd Sep 2024 5:42pm

revd

Member Since: 20 Apr 2024
Location: England
Posts: 63

List it at a nominal €5 - I presume it has no commercial value (locking cap without the key?)

2nd Sep 2024 6:11pm

Bluest

Member Since: 23 Apr 2016
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 4149

Does that still work? I've read that it doesn't and you'll likely get charged for whatever they think the value should be. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS

2nd Sep 2024 6:57pm

Martin
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Member Since: 02 Apr 2007
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 6570

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red

They should be declared as "returned" items.

1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top

2015 D90 XS SW

2nd Sep 2024 7:14pm

julian

Member Since: 17 Feb 2017
Location: Devon
Posts: 76

1994 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Alpine White

Every commercial item is now subject to vat (and then the processing fee)

But, if the item is sent as a gift, and under the gift threshold (which i think is GBP 15 - but im never certain if that is item + post, or combined) then there is no vat to pay.

Gifts over the GBP 15 threshold get vat on the item, vat on the postage, processing fee, then vat on the processing fee....

Anything expensive enough to get charged duty also gets vat on the duty!

So, yeah, get the sender to value it as a low value gift. Obviously the insurance can not be above the declared value, so, if its a valuable item, pay for an express service (couriers treat express services with a very very slight amount of extra care)

(note: as per the op, im not talking tax evasion, but, much more frequently, you just want the item moved as quickly as possible, without delays, and "gifting" objects is often the best way to achieve that)

2nd Sep 2024 9:40pm

julian

Member Since: 17 Feb 2017
Location: Devon
Posts: 76

Martin wrote:
They should be declared as "returned" items.

Its not always that simple - there are time limits in place for that kind of stuff, and then you would need the paper trail etc.etc

Its way easier just to gift it, and then its done.

2nd Sep 2024 9:42pm

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