Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're wrong, Nathan. The US charges no duties on photo gear. Its listed in the US Customs website. There are a lot of things the US govt. does not charge import duty on. The WTO regulates maximum tariffs but does not prohibit states from allowing free imports. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 10/12/10 4:34 PM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Rubbish. There are duties agreed in the WTO, but quite low. Something in > the > order of 3-4% on cameras and nothing on lenses, or the other way around, I > don't remember. When we Europeans receive a shipment from outside the EU, > the > expensive part is not the customs duty but the VAT which is around 20% in > most > countries. But Tina does not face this problem in the US, since there is no > federal VAT, and the state sales tax is based on her voluntarily declaring > her > purchase to her state tax authorities, something which I bet is easy to > forget > ;-) > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > On Oct 12, 2010, at 9:21 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: > >> There are NO customs duties on photo gear in the US. >> >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-486-2581 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 10/12/10 3:12 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: >> >>> US Custom is relatively low. I don't know the exact rates but I have >>> never >>> gotten levy of more than $100, even on packages that are worth $10K or >>> more >>> (this is for business stuff, not camera equipments :-) ). >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> LUG - >>>> >>>> Arne is getting ready to ship my DMR and R9 using my FedEx account. >>>> How is >>>> customs handled in a case like this? Does FedEx handle getting the >>>> package >>>> through customs? Can you get around paying customs duty by saying it's >>>> a >>>> gift? Not that I want to cheat the government or anything, but they get >>>> enough of my money now!! >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>>> www.tinamanley >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information