I'm going to be buying some stuff from Canada and it's probably going to go through Customs and they're going to charge me more on top of what I'm probably going to be paying so is there a way to avoid all this stress and hassle?!?
2007-02-06 21:35:18 · 6 answers · asked by Kalishnikov 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United Kingdom
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect in 1994. If you are returning from Canada or Mexico, your goods are eligible for free or reduced duty rates if they were grown, manufactured, or produced in Canada or Mexico, as defined by the Act. Again, check with Customs for details.
Also, you get $400 duty free and the next $1,000 is only taxed at 3%. The customs officers will take whatever has the highest customs rate and apply that to your duty free allowance. Plus if several members of household are traveling they can pool their allowances. You might find more information pertaining to your situation at
http://traveloasis.com/uscustravin.html
or at the US customs official website there is a search area, very helpful
http://help.customs.gov/cgi-bin/customs.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=9njcFo2i&p_lva=&p_li=&p_page=1&p_cv=&p_pv=&p_prods=0&p_cats=0&p_hidden_prods=&p_search_text=duty+rates&p_search_type=answers.search_nl&prod_lvl1=0&cat_lvl1=0&p_new_search=1
Anyway it's not that big of a deal!! Just be honest, and know before you go. Put all the stuff you bought in one place in the car so you don't have to start searching, and have all your sales receipts together. Also just look like a decent, clean, honest person and don't have anyone in the car with you who is gonna make dumb jokes. Customs officers are serious. So you can minimize the hassle, which it isn't any big hassle by the way, and to answer your question, no you can't just avoid paying customs fees.
2007-02-06 21:51:08 · answer #1 · answered by Cookie Preston 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish there was........I contacted customs & excise when I was going to buy some record sleeves from USA & the red tape is unbelievable........it went something like if the items were plain pieces of paper or card the tax was one rate, if the paper was folded/cut/glued or whatever it was a different rate, then there was the shipping costs then the import agentsagents fees at this end etc..... by the time they'd all done it was a lot cheaper to buy over here in UK! Good luck...you'll need it with them boys!
2007-02-07 08:10:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Avoid customs fees by smuggling items in your bumhole.
2007-02-07 05:39:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not legally. You can ask the sender to lie about the value of the goods, but if they are a reputable retailer they won't do it.
2007-02-07 05:39:14 · answer #4 · answered by mark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply put, no. There is no (legal) way around paying tax. Isn't that a female dog?
2007-02-07 05:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by gadmack2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they probably won't say anything about a couple things in your luggage but if you've got lots of something you have to pay anyway.
2007-02-07 05:39:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋