delphiandomine
19 Feb 2016
Work / Expatriating to Poland... good career move for a young male? [50]
You're very wrong. In general, goods valued at under 22 Euro may be imported free of all taxes, while goods valued at under 150 Euro may be imported free of import tax (but VAT is still applied). If you try and 'gift' something, the VAT limit is 45 Euro rather than 22 Euro. However, Customs may well open the gift to check that it genuinely is a gift rather than something being sent commercially.
Just some mathematics :
Bear in mind that for private buyers, the iPad that you wish to sell for $307.50 comes to 1207.68PLN. OK, so they can save 41PLN by ordering from you. Buuut...they also need to pay a handling fee of 20.50PLN to Poczta Polska for handling the Customs fees on import. That means you're now only 20.50PLN cheaper, or basically 5 dollars profit per iPad sold.
Still think it's a good business?
You're very wrong. In general, goods valued at under 22 Euro may be imported free of all taxes, while goods valued at under 150 Euro may be imported free of import tax (but VAT is still applied). If you try and 'gift' something, the VAT limit is 45 Euro rather than 22 Euro. However, Customs may well open the gift to check that it genuinely is a gift rather than something being sent commercially.
Just some mathematics :
Bear in mind that for private buyers, the iPad that you wish to sell for $307.50 comes to 1207.68PLN. OK, so they can save 41PLN by ordering from you. Buuut...they also need to pay a handling fee of 20.50PLN to Poczta Polska for handling the Customs fees on import. That means you're now only 20.50PLN cheaper, or basically 5 dollars profit per iPad sold.
Still think it's a good business?