Last time I was in England I sent home a statue
and I had to pay tax on it. Somebody told me, if
you put a birthday card in with it and said it was
a present you would not have to pay tax.
Anybody with some hard information on this.
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It might help if you said what sort of tax. UK VAT? Oz
import duty?
But if the UK will waive their VAT if I say it's
a present. I'll believe in GOD. Sorry for the confusion.
Generally, if you send somehing to yourself from overseas, it is MEANT to be included in your duty free allowance (AUD$400) but if you send it to, say, your mother, as a gift, provided the declared value is under $150 there is no tax or duty payable. I'm not sure about over $150, but if it is a unique item that is not easily prices (unlike a video machine or something) the customs guys have no idea of the real value so must give you the benefit of the doubt. The other thick is to have owned and used the article for a period of time. You have to fill out a cutoms declaration from when you send it, which is when you declare if it is a gift. I sent ceramic ware from Austria to Oz last year and was lucky that customs passed over me ( I sent it to myself) but it is better to send it to someone else.
Sally