Import tax on goods?

[organicman]

Hi,

 

I have some supplements being shipped over from Australia. Total cost is about $170AUD, will I have to pay import tax. I tried to Duckduckgo the answer but it's not very clear.

[CharlieH]

Have you looked at the pinned topic at the top of the forum which includes calculators for duty ??

[pgrahmm]

I got drilled for $36.00 for a pair of $50.00 flip flops....

Vendor offered free shipping - then he sent it DHL....

[utalkin2me]

You will probably have to pay if you bought straight for a company. You have got a great chance of paying nothing if you have them shipped to a friend and then friend ships them to you. This works with usps from usa but i have no clue what the equivalent would be in australia. 

[Rally123]

6 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

got drilled for $36.00 for a pair of $50.00 flip flops....

Vendor offered free shipping - then he sent it DHL....

All boils down to whether the customs officer had his leg over the night before and is in a good mood. Hit and miss. You pays yer money you take yer chance.  ????

[pgrahmm]

8 minutes ago, Rally123 said:

All boils down to whether the customs officer had his leg over the night before and is in a good mood. Hit and miss. You pays yer money you take yer chance.  ????

My wife looked at it this way - well, at least you got it.....

She's got a point = the really prime stuff has not been making it through the past couple of years.....Somebody's been grabbing the good stuff...

Tracking shows reaching TH...But then it drops off the radar....

[Rally123]

If you have tracking then there's no question to 'no arrival' as you will get a full refund. Only gotta go on Aliexpress to see that that works. No delivery, full refund.

[organicman]

On 5/8/2019 at 7:28 PM, CharlieH said:

Have you looked at the pinned topic at the top of the forum which includes calculators for duty ??

I don't see any pin topics on the General forum about it. How much would I have to pay ????

 

BTW, 2/4 of the links on 'Thai Laws & Regulations in English' thread don't work.

 

 

 

[CharlieH]

22 minutes ago, organicman said:

I don't see any pin topics on the General forum about it. How much would I have to pay ????

 

BTW, 2/4 of the links on 'Thai Laws & Regulations in English' thread don't work.

 

 

 

 

Thai laws etc has nothing to do with it !

 

Go here to the pinned topic.

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1064881-thai-post-office-customs-information-2018/

 

 

Post #2 will give you calculators, post #3 will give you direct contact details for customer services.

[Ravi98008]

On 5/8/2019 at 8:31 PM, utalkin2me said:

You will probably have to pay if you bought straight for a company. You have got a great chance of paying nothing if you have them shipped to a friend and then friend ships them to you. This works with usps from usa but i have no clue what the equivalent would be in australia. 

If I buy an Expresso made in Italy in USA that costs 40% more on Lazada have it shipped free to my friend in US and have the freind ship it to me by USPS tracking will I save the 40%. Thanks

[jackdd]

On 5/8/2019 at 5:36 PM, organicman said:

I have some supplements being shipped over from Australia. Total cost is about $170AUD, will I have to pay import tax. I tried to Duckduckgo the answer but it's not very clear.

Afaik to import things like supplements you need an import license. So you don't have to worry about how much it costs, just if you will be able to receive it ????

If they check the package you will not receive it, because you don't have such an import license. If they don't check it you will get it without paying extra.

[janelaw90]

I also want to know the tax issue. If my friend mail me a swing set bag, Would I pay more tax or duties in the customs?  

[organicman]

I have to pay 700 baht ????

 

On the link below, it says up to 1000THB and these no import tax but it's not worth it cause postage is usually $20+.

https://customsdutyfree.com/thailand-customs-and-import-duty-tax-calculation-method/

[Jamesanderson]

On 5/8/2019 at 7:03 PM, Rally123 said:

All boils down to whether the customs officer had his leg over the night before and is in a good mood. Hit and miss. You pays yer money you take yer chance.  ????

Yeah! you wrote right.

[been2cb4]

I refused a package that they wanted more than the value of the items while telling me they would give a break and only charge 20%. I guess I don't understand Thai math. The receipt was in the package and he still could work it out. Eighteen (18) months later got back to the sender.