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 howjow
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| posted on June 8th, 2012 at 03:30 PM |
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Tax on ordering parts from USA?
Hi everyone. Any ideas about if I get charged tax on ordering from the USA (as it says international taxes not included). I'm trying to buy a VW
Bug Beetle Roof Rack Type 1. I just don't want to order it and then get stung by heaps of charges. I'm only looking overseas as it's much cheaper
and have very little budget.
Thoughts?
Cheers.
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| posted on June 8th, 2012 at 05:29 PM |
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from my understanding it isnt illegal to purchase things but you may have to sign paperwork saying its not for resale. Prevents people from bringing
in large amounts of stuff and selling them without paying GST and all that.
You should be alright
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| posted on June 8th, 2012 at 05:32 PM |
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i buy heaps of stuff from cip1 , just keep it under a grand not inc delivery and you should be fine
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| posted on June 8th, 2012 at 05:51 PM |
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I'm with Klaus. Have ordered tons of stuff for my Bug's restoration from CIP1, Airkewld, WolfsburgWest etc. When you check out, you'll see the US
Taxes are zero and keep it under AUS$1K then you'll be fine.
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| posted on June 8th, 2012 at 05:53 PM |
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From what i know it isnt based on costs?
When we came back from america i sent a load of car parts seperatly with a total of about 2500, only thing we had to sign for was my aunts winter
clothing that she took over in the first place......
And if your item happens to be over 1 grand just ask if you can pay 999 and the remainder in a day when you credit card will allow it
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| posted on June 8th, 2012 at 06:16 PM |
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You dont have to sign anything?, no one cares if you resell!
Just keep the order or the invoice!! Under $1000 and you pay nothing, no tax , nothing.
Just watch the shipping, the cheapest way from the states is USPS which is the yank postal service, dont use UPS , big rip off there
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| posted on June 8th, 2012 at 06:36 PM |
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huh?
thats odd cause we had to sign for some reason.
Sorry your right there, noone cares if you re sell but you must pay import duties for certain things
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| posted on June 8th, 2012 at 07:12 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by pickstock
huh?
thats odd cause we had to sign for some reason.
Sorry your right there, noone cares if you re sell but you must pay import duties for certain things
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As the above posts say you only pay import duties if the value is over $1000 it doesnt matter what it is, especially car parts.
I have bought tens of thousands of dollars of parts from the US and kept each order under $1000 and never ever been charged duties.
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| posted on June 8th, 2012 at 10:20 PM |
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I bought a heap of things well over a k closer to 2 k actually and when I got the goods I noticed the invoices and item values were written down at
ridiculous low numbers like a buk each. The seller values everything only for 300 bucking including shipping just so I didn't pay taxes, I didn't
even ask for this. How generous  
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| posted on June 8th, 2012 at 10:22 PM |
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It's just part of the customs lottery!
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
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| posted on June 9th, 2012 at 09:40 AM |
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parts for classic vehicles are duty free
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howjow
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| posted on June 9th, 2012 at 10:37 PM |
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Thanks everyone! Your wisdom and experience is greatly appreciated. This is such an awesome site to learn from experienced veedubbers.
Cheers
John (howjow)
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| posted on June 9th, 2012 at 11:29 PM |
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Live, learn and share 
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
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| posted on June 11th, 2012 at 06:51 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by aintgotitmusthaveit
parts for classic vehicles are duty free
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AHHH this reminds me of a 'story' i heard.
someone was bring in porche 911s in the 1990's i think they were 1970 models or something.
taking the heads off (the story was pistons but that doesnt seem fathomable at all) putting the missing piece on the back seat and shipping it as a
not running vehicle.
as to why i imagine it was taxes but yeahs
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| posted on June 11th, 2012 at 08:30 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by aintgotitmusthaveit
parts for classic vehicles are duty free
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not from my experience. But maybe I wasnt in a position to specify what car they were for. Perhaps if you are bringing them in on a flight ??
But generally if the invoice for the parts is over $1000 Australian you will be hit for 10% on the total of the invoice and the shipping
combined.
Make sure you get it shipped as a parcel by USPS, UPS, Fedex, etc to your nominated address and dont blunder into dealing with a shipping agent and
get hit with customs and handling fees as well ...kaching $$$ kaching $$$
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