Tax regulations in Finland

[Ammar Yasser]

Hi guys

I wanned to know if anyone have tried to buy a tablet or any other thing from gearbest or similar Chinese website

Because i read before that some had to pay taxes which is unfortunate

Other say that the slow free shipping like postnl or singapore post and  is tax free

Please if anyone has experience in buying from Finland plz share with us

Thnx alot

[arifharia]

hi @ammar yasser, im from indonesia.. just want to share my experince buying tablet cube i7 book from gearbest.com for $279, with “free” expedited shipping via DHL (DHL shipping cost is FREE on gearbest site for that tablet), only 3 days my tablet arrived from china to… my country CUSTOMS & they hold it for almost 2 weeks,, they classified it into “red line” because in the invoice the price is printed only $50! (i don’t know that i’ve to message gearbest/seller to make the invoice as is) thats why the customs suspicious for a big tablet shipped via DHL & the CIF only $50 ??? Then i got taxed for about $ 80 for the tablet! (customs make their own version of CIF if they are suspicious). In my case, customs give me the details for the tax: CIF (Cost, Insurance, & Freight) = $325!, & the tax = 25% of CIF = about $80. Plus one more thing… there’s HIDDEN COST that charged by the expedited shipping carrier, DHL charge me another $15 after the package arrived as “packages handling cost” even if you already paid the shipping cost at your checkout. So the total i must pay is 279 (real CIF) + 80 (tax) + 15 (DHL hidden cost) = $374

Another story.. i bought cellphone leagoo m8 pro from gearbest for about $80 using free shipping via netherland post NL,, it takes 40 days to arrive via local post,, but it’s really customs free & the local post only charged me $1 for repackage when the packages arrived.

just info: all import under $50 is customs free,, all import over $50 will be taxed, usually 25% from the Cost + Insurance + Freight (real CIF or.. customs version of CIF)

the conclusion is.. if you use expedited shipping (DHL, UPS, FEDEX, even EMS) it’s looks like you’ll get taxed by the customs & maybe you’ll get another HIDDEN COST for package handling when it arrived, but if you use real free regular ordinary air mail (which takes a month to arrive) then it’s looks like you will really free from any customs tax as long your package CIF in your invoice is not more than $80, or if you can message the seller to make the invoice just about $50 – $80. CMIIW.

[Ammar Yasser]

Hi brother

Thanks for ur detailed experience,  it really helped me alot.

I actually bought i7 book as well(nice 2 in 1 btw), but i bought it from Canada,  i used free shipping and didn’t pay any taxes,  before that i bought the chuwi hi 10 pro same experience,  no taxes,  but it i am worried because this is the first time for me to ship to Finland not Canada so this tax stuff bother me because in Egypt, where i am from they tax every single package that enters

Lools like i am gonna use post nl and hope i dnt pay anything ?

Thanks for ur concern

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