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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Sending a package to NL, do I have to pay VAT and import duties?
Dear readers,
I want to send a package with baby clothes (value approx. 2000 Baht) to the Netherlands by airmail. I think I have read on the internet that VAT and above a certain value also import duties must be paid.
I've never had anything like this happen before, so I inquired at the post office here if I could also arrange those costs here. I was told that I do not owe VAT or import duties. Only the shipping costs of course.
Because I don't want the recipient of the package (gift) to be burdened with this, I want to make sure that this is the case. Do any readers have experience with this?
Regards,
Leo Bosch
of course, pay the tax is always peeking along.
Everything you send as a gift from outside the EU to the Netherlands above a value of €45 is taxable, whether they always see it is second.
you can also add a receipt of 1500 Thbt and get "something" out of it!
source; http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/douane/goederen_ontvangen_uit_het_buitenland/van_particulieren_aan_particulieren/
Dear Leo,
Johank's answer is indeed the correct one. Up to 45 euros is free.
Do you receive goods from abroad from private individuals, for example from a family member or friend? Is the value no more than €45? Then you do not pay any taxes for importing the goods. Is the value more than €45, but not more than €700? Then you pay 2,5% of the value of the goods and VAT (0 or 6 or 21%). You pay excise duty for alcoholic beverages. Is the value more than €700? Then the standard rates for import duties apply. Good to know: your post or courier company takes care of customs clearance at Dutch Customs. You pay them the costs of filing declarations and import taxes.
http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/douane/goederen_ontvangen_uit_het_buitenland/
In your case, you will therefore receive 2,5% of approximately 50 euros = 1,25 euros
and 21% VAT (or 6) of 50 euros = 10,50 euros
1,25 euros + 10,50 euros = 11.75 euros in total.
Depending on the exchange rate calculation, approximately 11,75 euros in import taxes will therefore have to be paid.
With the exchange rate that Google currently uses (1 Euro = 37,49 Thai Baht), you can have 1.687,05 Thai Baht worth of goods entering the Netherlands free of charge.
That means taking out a few shirts / having a few shirts worn once (without them getting dirty) by a nephew / niece, so that some shirts become second-hand and therefore have a decrease in value so that you can still send the shirts you bought / 11,75, pay XNUMX euros to the recipient if these costs are also charged.
Kind regards, Hendrik S
Nonsense just by registered mail, no problem
And don't insure it. If you do, the value indicated by you is also the value for VAT and import duty. Always send by post and not by courier such as UPS or Fedex etc because they collect the tax from each shipment themselves and pass it on to the recipient. If you also leave out the packaging and the cards in your parcel, you enter 40 Bht per item as the indicated value of Used baby clothes.
I have been sending parcels (samples) from Thailand since 1994. In the past, brought to Don Muang post office was faster in Breda than from Belgium. Brought in the evening around 18:00 PM and received two days later.
Via courier service, every package goes through THEIR and through a customs declarant, which easily costs 1-3 days extra.
Simply send by registered mail and by airmail via one of the well-known Thai post offices.
Write down what is in it and the value in euros.
Because it is not a business shipment, but simply a gift from a private individual, the tax-free value may not exceed € 430. Your shipment will be delivered neatly in the Netherlands without any problems.
why make it so difficult, search in your circle of friends, I assume you live in Thailand, someone who is leaving for the Netherlands and ask him to take the package with him, no problems guaranteed
also sent something above 2000 bath several times, but never any problems, just pay the costs of sending, ready. never a problem for 3 years
Dear Jan, where did you get that information about 430 euros from, as Johank says it is 45 euros.
The 430 euros you speak of is in my opinion the amount that you can take with you from abroad when you travel into the Netherlands.
Nico B
My Thai ex also once sent some children's clothing, new from Tesco to one of my children in NL, there is a courier at the door with a letter, we are kind enough to clear the shipment for you, costs 19 euros, value just 2000 bht, box was also opened, opening does not always happen. I say send something with western union, then we will go to the sailor here
Some commenters confuse “what is allowed” with “how are things usually”. Leo asks if he has to pay VAT and import duties and the only correct answer is: yes, he has to. Anyone who says that is nonsense probably means that he himself has never received an attack. This is often the case in practice. Customs cannot see from the outside what is actually inside, so many parcels simply go to the recipient without being assessed.
By the way, you cannot pay that VAT and import duties in Thailand. It is a Dutch tax levy. If I were Leo I'd just send it in and tell the recipient that if there's an assessment, I'll refund it to the recipient.
HendrikS and NicoB are right. With a value of up to € 45, no import duty or VAT is charged for shipments from a private individual outside the EU intended for a private individual within the Netherlands. For shipments with a value of € 45 to € 700, 2,5% import duty + VAT (usually 21%) must be paid to the tax authorities. Given the small difference in value between € 45 and 2000 Baht, a declaration of value of € 45 for this shipment seems to me to be the right solution and no tax would be due. We do ship by post, couriers cost more and charge (sometimes hefty) customs clearance and handling costs in the Netherlands. However, it may just happen that the post office in the Netherlands also charges customs clearance costs in the case of a customs declaration, although this is often not the case with small shipments.
The exemption of € 430 that JanS is talking about is the exemption for traveler's luggage if travelers from outside the EU import goods into the Netherlands. Other provisions apply to excise goods (cigarettes, drinks, etc.).