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sarahc85
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Status: offline |  Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 22:41:59  
| I have seen another thread on here regarding this but now can't find it again.
Just wanted to clarify does this mean that I can only bring back £145 worth of goods IN TOTAL, or I wil only be charged for individual items over £145 in cost?
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sarahc85
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 22:57:04
| I could eaily spend £145 (and some!)
So all these people that are talking about oming back with bulging suitcases, is is just luck of the drawer that they arent getting caught?
am I right in thinking that if you are caught you only need to pay tax on the entire lot, they dont confiscate your goods?
I'm not talking about bringing back thousand of pounds worth of things but it could be a couple of hundred, 300 max | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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steph_goodrum
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Oct 2007 : 23:50:01
| If you bring back smaller items that total more than £145 then you pay vat and duty on the goods above that amount, say for example, you bring back 5 items that cost £40 each , you would only have to pay the taxes on 2 items as 3 x £40 =£120.
If however you bought back one item that cost £160 then you would be charged on the whole £160 not, as you would expect if it was truly an "allowance", £160 - £145.
If oyu buy individual golf clubs that ar eshown priced individually on the receipt then you could deduct the ones that totalled less than £145 but if you bought them at one price for the set then you would have ot pay it on all of them.
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sarahc85
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Status: offline | Posted - 25 Oct 2007 : 09:17:55
| sorry if this appears more than once, im having difficulty replying to this post.
Just to clarify, does this mean that clothes are included in this allowance? As in I can only bring back £145 worth of clothes?!?!?
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Parrothead
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Status: offline | Posted - 25 Oct 2007 : 12:55:58
| I have been told that you can now buy your duty free goods and then leave them to be collected at the airport on your return. So no carrying heavy bottles of duty free drinks back & forth. |
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Albert the Frog
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Status: offline | Posted - 25 Oct 2007 : 13:57:14
| | There was talk in the last but one budget of upping this ridiculously low allowance to £290 so i emailed the C&E but they replied that the current level applies and they have no date yet for the increase. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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GiZZeRR
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Status: offline | Posted - 25 Mar 2008 : 22:12:34
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Originally posted by florida4sun
You will still pay duty on goods sent through the mail.
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Originally posted by GiZZeRR
I think I might just send some small gifts home by snail mail when I go in July and save some space in the luggage.
John
I've had many items sent from usa and asia in the past and only a small amount (1 in 10) have ever been held at customs with duty to pay. Even those items that did get stopped, I still saved on the UK prices. One in particular I remember well as I still saved over £150 after paying the duty. With savings like that why not
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