Import duty on an ebay sale

Needabike

Bought a set of carbon wheels on E bay. Importing from Hong Kong - anyone know if I am going to get nailed for import tax

Gavin

You should. You might not.

Chips Lovell

The sender will have to fill out a customs declartion on his end which should declare the value of the goods being sent. You'll get hit for duty and VAT on whatever value is on that.

Caroline_ie

It's really up to the seller you are dealiing with. Some sellers will lower the price of the items they're posting on the post sticker thingy so that the tax will be less ( ie: 2000 Euro Wheels can become 200 euro wheels). You can ask the seller to send it as 'sample' or 'replacement part' ... send it in a box that doesn't say ' Zipp Wheels' ... some unknown brand ...

TinyExplosions

Caroline_ie wrote: »

It's really up to the seller you are dealiing with. Some sellers will lower the price of the items they're posting on the post sticker thingy so that the tax will be less ( ie: 2000 Euro Wheels can become 200 euro wheels). You can ask the seller to send it as 'sample' or 'replacement part' ... send it in a box that doesn't say ' Zipp Wheels' ... some unknown brand ...

Or the age old 'mark it as a gift'

Caroline_ie

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Or the age old 'mark it as a gift'

Some seller are reluctant to do that now ... I find anyway. But worth a try.

:pac:

paddyb

they are cracking down on items sent as gifts, ive been charged a couple of times. I think if its over a certain value, you will get charged anyway

Needabike

Any idea of the % charged

Gavin

http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/Cycling_FAQ#Importing_a_bike

Tada.

Chips Lovell

According to the TARIC site, its 4.7% from Hong Kong. Then you add 21% VAT on top of that.

Needabike

Cheers

4.7% for components

blorg

You have to pay duty and VAT on anything imported from outside the EU. All that matters is the value and the cut-off is €22, although customs may not bother for amounts a bit over that. The "gift" thing just raises the cut-off to €45. So if your wheels cost €500 it doesn't matter if it is marked "gift" or not.

Having said that in my experience a lot of Hong Kong eBay sellers will undervalue on the customs form. You will also have more of a chance if using regular post rather than a courier, half the time customs don't seem to bother with that even if the value declaration is over the limit. With a courier you will be paying duty, VAT + a ridiculous "administration charge" added by the courier company.

paddyb

also you pay duty and vat on the value plus the cost of the postage

mtbdude74

I bought a set of Ksyrium wheels from ebay USA. Great deal, or so I thought...Told the seller to put down as replacement part. He obliged, but the idiot also put down the full value of it. Got stung by customs big time, even paid tax on the postage fee!!!! Protested but the anpost guys just shrugged and said to take it up with customs in Port Laoise. At the end of the day, paid exactly the same amount as cyclesuperstore charge anyway.

studiorat

mtbdude74 wrote: »

At the end of the day, paid exactly the same amount as cyclesuperstore charge anyway.

That's why the kit is the price it is in the EU, by the time they pay taxes etc.

Needabike

Arrived this morning

no Duty ......sweeeeet


The seller wrote "REPLACEMENT PART" on the docket

thanks for the suggestion