Customs

[skullmonkey]

Will get a tent from Canada, used. Its going to be declared as a present, with a declared value of 270 Canadian Dollars for insurance reasons. So usually if you go pick something up from Tulli, they want to see a bill, and then they calculate the % you need to pay. I don't have a bill, and am now wondering what will happen. Does anyone know how it goes in this kind of circumstances, or maybe even has experience with this kind of situation? I checked the tulli.fi website but it wasn't to informative.

[Pursuivant]

So if its from your rents or you actually didn't pay for it, they might agree on the 270 CAD as the value. Then they will flip for an hour if theres a customs 1-2% on *what exactly* it is... and they want 22% VAT on top anyways, the 270 + shipping + customs x 22/100 = what you pay incash onthespot. "Gifts" are under 40 euros... then again if you get lucky it might float through...

[skullmonkey]

Thanks Pursuivant. Was aware of in cash on the spot. But why is shipping included in calculating the %? That seems strange.

Hoping it floats through. Lets see.

[Upphew]

Thanks Pursuivant. Was aware of in cash on the spot. But why is shipping included in calculating the %? That seems strange.

Hoping it floats through. Lets see.

Then people would send 1$ stuff with 200$ s&h...

[SteveS]

Small tip. If you address it to Mr and Mrs then you can both claim personal allowance - so €80 Not much but every bit helps.