If i am sending a new laptop to my brother in germany ?? ?
I have heard he gona have to pay tax when he will receive that Germany in CLAUSTHAL ZELLERFELD, But what if i am sending him from UK with all the tax and VAT paid ....
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You have to pay tax, if it is foreign trade --- not if you send a package from one to the other. But be careful!!! There are exceptions Canary Islands for example but also in the UK Chanel Islands and Man for example.
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It has nothing to do with postage or stuff, it is simply the customs. There is a sales tax in the UK, and one in Germany. I have no idea how high it is in the UK, but it is 19% in Germany. So that is why he will have to pay tax when he gets it, because the German states' viewpoint is that whoever ships something into Germany to use it there is cheating the German state of the sales tax they would get if the person in Germany would buy the stuff in Germany. I would recommend to send it as a gift, but than again, a laptop is kind of heavy, and they tend to open up the heavy stuff to check inside. Besides, they will probably just open it becasue of a routine scan or whatever,a nd than... Is he coming over for Christmas or something? If so, let him take it with him when he goes back, and avoid all the hazzle of customs.
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You usually have to pay taxes and VAT for whatever personal goods and gifts above 30 Euros you send. With one exception: ... if you send it from withing EU, then there are no taxes, because we have a free market and goods for personal use sent between EU countries are treated as if they come from within Germany. As UK belongs to EU, there won't be any customs, duties or taxes to pay
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