On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Owen Michaels-Hardy wrote:
> I was thinking of ordering some parts from the UK and have just been
> informed by Australian Customs that on any parts for motor vehicles produced
> after 1963 Sales Tax and Import Duty of 46% must be paid on the invoice value.
>
> Made me wonder whether other governments, particularly the American,
> Canadian, New Zealand, are also into extorting their population of LBC lovers?
It's been curious. I ordered a lot of parts for Kermit the frogeye
directly from England. They always came with a sticker indicating that
duty was due. However, the duty was very small, and the post office
rarely bothered to collect it. I think they only asked me to pay a
couple of times out of at least a dozen.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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