Kathryn W
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
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Quick question please... sensible answers also 
If a friend of mine who lives in America sent me a gift... would the silly men that rob our money want me to pay tax on the product considering it be a gift??
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
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IIRC you wont pay import tax if it's a gift.
[Edited on 15-10-2008 by corsa_tomtom]
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Yes, doesn't matter whether it's a gift or not if its over a certain amount, £18 or something.
Best way past it is to mark as a gift anyway and send it with a firm that uses royal mail this end.
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Tommy L
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If thats the case ignore me 
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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if its a gift, no
But if its you buying something, and its wrapped as a 'gift' then maybe... they do check up on things.
I got humped on a heap of parts I bought for the 911.  grrr
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Kathryn W
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It'll be more like £150 
What firms use royal mail this end then??
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John
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Gifts are the same as anything else whether a proper gift or not.
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000014&propertyType=document#P59_5036
2.4 Gifts
Goods sent as a gift are not free of import duties and import VAT. However, customs duty will not be collected if the amount is less than £7, and import VAT is not chargeable if:
■the value of the gift does not exceed £36
■the customs declaration is completed correctly
■the gift has been sent from a private person outside the EU to a private person(s) in this country
■the gift is for the use of either yourself or your family
■there is no commercial or trade element and the gift has not been paid for either directly or indirectly
■the gift is of an occasional nature only eg for a birthday or anniversary.
Please note the purchase of goods from outside the EU to give as a gift to a relative or friend, whether or not addressed to that person, is treated as a ‘commercial consignment’ for which the import VAT relief threshold is £18 (paragraph 2.3 refers).
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John
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FedEx is their standard mail is it not, send it some cheap way.
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Tommy L
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http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&propertyType=document&resetCT=true&id=HMCE_CL_001454
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Kathryn W
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Hmmmmm, bloody no way out of ending up paying tax is there
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