Im hoping to bring a games console with me to get through 2 weeks quarantine. Is this classed as a computer, or will i be heavily taxed for it?

16 minutes ago, Regain said:

Im hoping to bring a games console with me to get through 2 weeks quarantine. Is this classed as a computer, or will i be heavily taxed for it?

Stop worrying, you will not have a problem at all with a personal games console.

 

They have a lot more to worry about.

Ok, I just read they were having a big tax drive at airports

Depends...Is this console full of class A drugs?

2 hours ago, Regain said:

Ok, I just read they were having a big tax drive at airports

 

Who are they going to tax? International arrivals are virtually non-existent compared to previous years.

16 hours ago, Regain said:

Im hoping to bring a games console with me to get through 2 weeks quarantine. Is this classed as a computer, or will i be heavily taxed for it?

Put it in your hand luggage to avoid it being stolen. If its not brand new and in the box its clear its for personal use and you wont need to pay taxes.

 

If you bring a boatload of those things, all brand new and in closed original packaging, you will need to pay.

48 minutes ago, Bob12345 said:

Put it in your hand luggage to avoid it being stolen.

I haven't come across it recently, but airport security may want it switched on which might be hard to demonstrate.

Handluggage, without original packaging and any wraps...no problem...no questions

 

They do not screen any luggage now...

 

I brought in a motherboard with attached memory, processor, M2 SSD's together with a vid card and PSU.  All in my carry-on luggage.  No problems at all.  This was end of September.

5 hours ago, sncoem said:

They do not screen any luggage now...

 

Are you sure? the xray machines run before luggage collection, so not easy to know.

The X-Ray machines are no problem, unless they use the newest generation XXX-Ray machines.

These will automatically erase all XXX-content from your drive, leaving you with 'little at hand' during your 15-days in quarantaine. ????

On 11/17/2020 at 10:03 PM, Regain said:

Ok, I just read they were having a big tax drive at airports

(Tax) duty-free.

I carried the unit in my hand carry and put the box and manuals in my check-in never had any issues

Op is maybe confused about the report of luggage being charged by taxis, and read it as tax on his luggage.

8 hours ago, DaLa said:

Op is maybe confused about the report of luggage being charged by taxis, and read it as tax on his luggage.

Customs duty is what i mean by tax.

9 hours ago, DaLa said:

Op is maybe confused about the report of luggage being charged by taxis, and read it as tax on his luggage.

That's B20, do you think that the OP thought that would count as being heavily taxed?...

"Is this classed as a computer, or will i be heavily taxed for it?"

 

Edited November 21, 20205 yr by Tick Nurner

On 11/19/2020 at 2:46 PM, Peter Denis said:

The X-Ray machines are no problem, unless they use the newest generation XXX-Ray machines.

These will automatically erase all XXX-content from your drive, leaving you with 'little at hand' during your 15-days in quarantaine. ????

Just ' help yourself' 5555555