Dollars are cheap

[Peter Korsten]

Mikael Hansson schreef:

> Does anyone know if you have to pay customs and VAT when importing it to 
> the EU, or is it likely that it just slips by?

Unless you live in Norway, import duties are regulated at EU-level and 
you should be able to look them up on your tax department's or customs 
office's web site. I can't seem to locate it myself.

You pay a certain percentage, depending on the sort of item you're 
importing. Then, you pay VAT (which is dependent on your country) over 
the item's value *and* the import duty. I'm not sure whether you pay VAT 
over the shipping costs. There may be costs associated with the goods 
being declared

You can forget about trying to have it slip past. It's a criminal 
offence to not declare goods, or to declare them incorrectly, or to have 
them be declared incorrectly by the courier. And they're very keen on it 
these days.

- Peter