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Regarding customs tax - Tɦɛ Gʀiɱ - Mar 14, 2013
My friend in US wants to send me an item worth 850$. I am from India and so i will have to pay customs fees when i receive the item. Does anyone know how much it will be or is there any way to reduce the customs fees ?
* - Trackers - Mar 14, 2013
When he ships the item. I would recommend DHL as they do most oversees. They will charge him customs fees and insurance which probably will be quite expensive. You could pay him for it via PayPal but he has to pay it before he ships the item.
* - ~GUT-FIGHTER~ - Mar 14, 2013
Depending upon what it is that he wants to send you, you can find the associated customs charge by going to the official postal service site. They should have a list of items and their customs charge.
* - Tɦɛ Gʀiɱ - Mar 15, 2013
(Mar 14, 2013 11:16 PM)Jeremy™ Wrote: When he ships the item. I would recommend DHL as they do most oversees. They will charge him customs fees and insurance which probably will be quite expensive. You could pay him for it via PayPal but he has to pay it before he ships the item.
Any idea how much will the shipping from US to India including customs will be?
(Mar 14, 2013 11:22 PM)~GUT-FIGHTER~ Wrote: Depending upon what it is that he wants to send you, you can find the associated customs charge by going to the official postal service site. They should have a list of items and their customs charge.
Can u link me to any one of sites like that?
* - Trackers - Mar 15, 2013
Can you tell me the weight of the item and how big it is?
* - Rsynced - Mar 16, 2013
Tell him to just declare the item as a gift and you will not have to pay any customs tax. You can also declare the item worth anything you want. The lower you declare the item the less tax you will pay.
* - yanphuc - Mar 16, 2013
Are you personally sending him the item yourself?
If so, declare it as a gift and put a low value such as 20-50$, unless its a fucking truck tire lmao.
* - SikhRhythm - Mar 17, 2013
(Mar 14, 2013 11:16 PM)Jeremy™ Wrote: When he ships the item. I would recommend DHL as they do most oversees. They will charge him customs fees and insurance which probably will be quite expensive. You could pay him for it via PayPal but he has to pay it before he ships the item.
Customs is generally paid by the receiver.
This site is usually on point in their estimates: http://www.dutycalculator.com/
Also, depending on whether or not it's a common item, if you underdeclare the value of an item, they will just look up the price. Happened quite a bit to me when I was selling electronics, even though I said it was a gift.