I think this depends on where you are picking up you dog from extra luggage or whether they were imported via Cargo which does involves heavy tax (Usually cargo is from NZ, AUS and any flights that do not allow them to be carried as extra luggage).
This is what happened when I had to pick up my cats when they traveled Cargo from Australia to BKK.
My Thai husband and I arrived early at the Cargo area to pick up my two cats where a guy was hanging around who obviously knew the system and several procedures that we were about to endure so helped us get through this. There is like a 8 step procedure to get them out. But because you have specified info involving import tax fees I'll skip to that part.
Customs had asked how much my cats were worth (ie purchase price), I had said they are worth $150 (which wasn't true as they were Ragdoll breed but I knew what they were about to do) so they went off with there little calculator came back and said something that was completely ridiculous somewhere between 10,000-15,000baht range - obviously I kicked up a stink and said how do you work that out. They said by value of cat plus the shipping/cargo cost that I had paid in Australia then it equaled that - They also said my cats were worth more than the $150 I had said. This is the fun part. Our little helper said 'how much do you want to pay?' - I said I don't want to pay anything, my husband being Thai had to then push in to 'negotiate a price' to get my little furballs out. We eventually came to an agreed price of around 4000 baht and the helper was to take his cut out of that too. This obviously went in their pocket and not put through the books but I just wanted the proper documents. I think how they work out this 'Custom Fee' is 30% tax (I think it is 30%) on the price you paid for the airline cargo plus the worth of the animal.
But then again nothing is never set in stone in Thailand
Good luck with bringing your dog in and from my experience try not to go via Cargo as it took 4 hours to get mine out and they not even held in an animal room (they were left in the big warehouse with loud machinery operating right next to them, and no air con) which I found to be disgusting treatment for animals brought into the country.
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Customs Charges for Importing a Dog
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I think this depends on where you are picking up you dog from extra luggage or whether they were imported via Cargo which does involves heavy tax (Usually cargo is from NZ, AUS and any flights that do not allow them to be carried as extra luggage).
This is what happened when I had to pick up my cats when they traveled Cargo from Australia to BKK.
My Thai husband and I arrived early at the Cargo area to pick up my two cats where a guy was hanging around who obviously knew the system and several procedures that we were about to endure so helped us get through this. There is like a 8 step procedure to get them out. But because you have specified info involving import tax fees I'll skip to that part.
Customs had asked how much my cats were worth (ie purchase price), I had said they are worth $150 (which wasn't true as they were Ragdoll breed but I knew what they were about to do) so they went off with there little calculator came back and said something that was completely ridiculous somewhere between 10,000-15,000baht range - obviously I kicked up a stink and said how do you work that out. They said by value of cat plus the shipping/cargo cost that I had paid in Australia then it equaled that - They also said my cats were worth more than the $150 I had said. This is the fun part. Our little helper said 'how much do you want to pay?' - I said I don't want to pay anything, my husband being Thai had to then push in to 'negotiate a price' to get my little furballs out. We eventually came to an agreed price of around 4000 baht and the helper was to take his cut out of that too. This obviously went in their pocket and not put through the books but I just wanted the proper documents. I think how they work out this 'Custom Fee' is 30% tax (I think it is 30%) on the price you paid for the airline cargo plus the worth of the animal.
But then again nothing is never set in stone in Thailand
Good luck with bringing your dog in and from my experience try not to go via Cargo as it took 4 hours to get mine out and they not even held in an animal room (they were left in the big warehouse with loud machinery operating right next to them, and no air con) which I found to be disgusting treatment for animals brought into the country.