Einige meiner Freunde haben mir ein Geschenk geschickt und auf der Zollerklärung korrekt gekennzeichnet, dass es sich bei dem Artikel um ein Geschenk mit einem Wert von 15 £ und einem Gewicht von 90 g handelt, dass der Artikel nicht für gewerbliche Zwecke bestimmt ist und keine Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer aufweist.
Beim Abholen dieses Pakets bei DHL wurden mir für die Kombination aus Einlieferung und Auslagepauschale 11,24 € berechnet.
Ich habe gelesen, dass bis zu einem Warenwert von 45€ keine Einfuhrsteuer anfällt.
Handelt es sich hierbei um einen Zollfehler und wie kann ich diesen beheben? Oder liegt es daran, dass ich die Vorschriften zur Einfuhrsteuer falsch verstanden habe?
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Von orzisme
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Tax is not the same as customs and processing fees.
Never experienced that with similar items sent to Switzerland before or after Brexit.
I think you’ve been a bit unlucky this has been singled out.
I’ve had this before & everyone told me it was because I had the package delivered to office (commercial address) rather than my residence. So customs disagreed that the package was a gift & wrongly concluded that a foreign seller was lying about the gift declaration & thus tax was chargeable. Didn’t matter that it was a gift from my mum, customs decided that we were lying & thus had to pay the taxes.
It’s for Zoll. My Christmas Terry‘s chocolate oranges from my aunt cost me far more than they’re worth!
This seems an error, since it lies under the 45 Eur limit for both EUSt and Zoll. But check closely all the conditions particularly for the second link
https://www.zoll.de/DE/Privatpersonen/Postsendungen-Internetbestellungen/Sendungen-aus-einem-Nicht-EU-Staat/Zoll-und-Steuern/Geschenksendungen/geschenksendungen_node.html
https://www.zoll.de/DE/Fachthemen/Zoelle/Zollbefreiungen/Aussertarifliche-Zollbefreiung/Privatsendungen/privatsendungen_node.html
Possibly the description of the item was too general so customs charges plus handling fees were applied. I tell my family in the UK not to send anything in the post because it can be a bit random when these charges end up being applied.
https://parcelbroker.co.uk/how-to-guides/sending-gifts-internationally/
I wanted to buy something from UK… 170€… fine…
Postage and packing:
Before brexit: 8€
after Brexit: 78€
I paid €94 zoll for a ring worth €500 that was sent from Switzerland.
Custom duty and VAT are two different things. VAT is due always.
You paid 19% VAT on top of the 15GBP (approx. 4€) + handling fee (7.50€ IIRC).
There are indeed regulations for both duties and taxes on imported parcels, but the observable reality is that they’re applied arbitrarily. I exchange small gifts (mostly coffee and candy) with my brother in the US like 3-4 times per year. Approximate breakdown is out of 4 2 would come with no extra payments, one would come with a small payment and one with a larger one because base it’s calculated including postage. Over 2.5 years there was also one time I had to pickup the parcel at customs office, interestingly no fee involved after inspection.