Re: [AH] new tax issues for selling items to the UK

From Kenny Balys
Sent Thu, Mar 7th 2019, 19:07

I believe, if it were a CS-80, Swiss officials would dump it
in Lago Maggiore with all the Bugatti's. :)

On 07.03.19 19:01 , Boniforti Flavio wrote:
> Peter, you're quite right... there are legal companies near the German border,
> which let you create an account and they give you a special address where you
> can have your German items delivered to. You pay a small fee for a variable
> amount of time they store your package and you cross the border and retrieve the
> item. Nevertheless: when crossing the border driving back from Germany you can
> get stopped by "border guardians" and they ask what you might've bought. If you
> can prove that it's old/used, then most probably you are allowed to pass. But if
> they somewhen would like to argue about the value of a CS-80 in the back of your
> car, well... that's going to be a tough one! Honestly I don't know how it would
> work... I mean: how do they prove that your item is worth 20k? Also, you not
> having any sort of receipt or whatsoever will not help them: you can tell them
> it's a gift (but I guess even if it is a gift, you have to pay taxes according
> to its *value*)... :-/
> F.