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Re: Customs question...
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Mon, 12 Nov 2001 20:23:02 GMT
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Ben Gatrelle wrote:
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> In lugnet.market.theory, Eric Brouwer writes:
> > I know, or at least beleive I have heard, that small Lego packages between
> > individuals being sent internationally can be marked as "Gift" for customs
> > forms, and they are not taxed. Or at least not taxed as highly. Is this
> > true? If one were to have a business that shipped Lego internationally, say
> > from a distribution center in the US to a distribution center in Australia,
> > how would you fill out the customs form? I would assume marking it gift
> > would violate some laws. What are some of the things to thing about customs
> > wise in an international Lego reselling business?
> >
> > Eric
> Of course I can only speak from my personal experience. I am in the US and
> have both sent and received international packages. If I am sending a
> package for which I have received parts in trade, I mark it as gift. If I am
> selling it for money I mark it as merchandise and enter the appropriate value.
This is the rule I have been using.
> As a receiver I have gotten packages marked as both merchandise and as gift
> and have never had to pay any taxes to get my package (including some really
> big boxes from DYA in France).
We have an advantage in the US, there is no duty on construction toys.
Frank
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| (...) I generally do that as well, provided it's a purely business transaction--if I'm buying on proxy for someone else, as Frank well knows, I mark it "gift." But then again, as Frank notes, we don't pay duty on (toy parts, construction, plastic). (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Of course I can only speak from my personal experience. I am in the US and have both sent and received international packages. If I am sending a package for which I have received parts in trade, I mark it as gift. If I am selling it for money (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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