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Would U.S Customs charge for a $32 package from Japan?

How do I claim import tax back on gifts?

  • My parents recently forked out for some christmas presents for myself, but being parents, they're terrified of using their bank card online. So I purchased my christmas gifts using my card from a website in japan and had them shipped over here, and my parents gave me the cash back, I woke up today expecting a delivery only to find royal mail are holding them due to unpaid customs charges. How do the rules on gifts work and can I claim whatever (probably extortionate) charges they hit me with back? The delivery consists of a single package containing four model kits, costing £35, £37, £40, and £120 respectively, with a £19 delivery charge.

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    Presumably your parents are also in the UK too? If so, then this doesn't qualify as a gift even if you'd paid for it the 'right' way. To qualify as a gift they would have to be outside of the EU. "Gifts ordered over the internet - UK tax and duty still due Ordering and paying for goods over the internet to be sent to someone other than you, doesn't count as a gift. The recipient will be liable to UK duty and tax."

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That's not how it works. The person in Japan sold them to you/your parents. He didn't send them as a gift because they weren't gifts from him. Whether it's you or your parents, one of you owes the customs charge. You can sweet talk your parents and say oops, I didn't know I would owe more, but you can't get it back from the government.

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Sorry, but is an import tax from the Government. Not reclaimable! If you don't pay the customs duty - you don't get the goods!

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