No import duty on pipes ??
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No import duty on pipes ??
A friend is trying to import some kind of bango/guitar hybrid into Ireland from the USA ,but is having trouble with import duty,which is costing about 300 euro.
On the other hand I,ve heard that when importing pipes into the USA ,that they are exempt from import duty !
First of all is this true and if it is ,WHY ???
RORY
On the other hand I,ve heard that when importing pipes into the USA ,that they are exempt from import duty !
First of all is this true and if it is ,WHY ???
RORY
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while accordions and banjos have to pay?MarkS wrote:Yes, it's true. No import duty on bagpipes.
Why can bagpipes get in free while accordions and banjos have to pay? One word: Politics. Common sense need not apply.
I am gonna look at these instruments more closely for their hidden stash and probably mug them
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Good ole JFK ,When on his visit to Ireland he was made an honourary Limerick man and was given freedom of the city.Later that day he gave a public address in the city centre.His first two words of the speech were , "Fellow Limerickmen" the crowd didn,t stop cheering for ten minutes and grown men were reduced to tears !!!Mike Hulme wrote:\The origins of free bagpipe imports into the US lie with JFK.
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This seems only to work with the post office. I've sent gifts with fed-ex to Ireland and have had to pay tax.whenever sending anything like an instrument to Eire or USA, tick "gift" of the docket. This should take care of an y tax schtoof
If you check the item as a gift with US postal service your away tax free but you may set off alarm bells if you want to insure your 'gift' for the price of a full set!
Mind you the thing with postal insurance is that (in the US anyway) it only covers the package untill it leaves US airspace. So when I send something home via airmail, the insurance only covers it really untill it gets on the plane in Chicago.
Tommy
I sent a chanter and a practice set to the UK this week.tompipes wrote:This seems only to work with the post office. I've sent gifts with fed-ex to Ireland and have had to pay tax.whenever sending anything like an instrument to Eire or USA, tick "gift" of the docket. This should take care of an y tax schtoof
If you check the item as a gift with US postal service your away tax free but you may set off alarm bells if you want to insure your 'gift' for the price of a full set!
Mind you the thing with postal insurance is that (in the US anyway) it only covers the package untill it leaves US airspace. So when I send something home via airmail, the insurance only covers it really untill it gets on the plane in Chicago.
Tommy
I read up about import duty and tax, and the consensus is - it is pure luck.
According to the Net, marking an item as a gift increases its chances of being charged.
Also, Parcel Force/ UK Royal mail are hit less than the large commercial couriers.
Of course, this is all speculation.
The tracking status on the two packages I sent showed the practice set (higher cost) went straight through, but the chanter showed charged by customs and it is now waiting for payment.
Mukade
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