You're allowed to bring 200 cigarettes from outside the EU without paying any tax.
Buying in duty free on return to uk from us/canada
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You're allowed to bring 200 cigarettes from outside the EU without paying any tax.
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Just buy it when you're in the US/Canada. Take it out of the box and put it in your hand luggage. My sisters boyfriend did it about two weeks ago coming back from Florida. Seriously, it will be cheaper. Screw the duty free.
Who the hell declares stuff at customs? Seriously? I highly doubt you guys have or would EVER declare stuff to customs. My parents always bring back like double the cigerette allowance too. Pretty sure they brought back like 2000 with an 800 allowance.
Who the hell declares stuff at customs? Seriously? I highly doubt you guys have or would EVER declare stuff to customs. My parents always bring back like double the cigerette allowance too. Pretty sure they brought back like 2000 with an 800 allowance.
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No, they have to prove that you bought it out there. Otherwise they could pick people willy nilly and take electronics out of their bags and say they bought it out there.
Well aren't they great.
However if caught they would lose all of the cigarettes and given a fine.
So although they are happy about how they "tricked customs" I'm sure they wouldn't be too impressed if they lost all of their cancer sticks and got a fine on top.
Typical example of "what I'm doing hurts nobody" without looking at the bigger picture.
An excuse your average software pirate uses.
Only idiots. "Please customs officer, take my money I don't have anything better to do with it".
They're just a bit of a rip-off. Some prices can higher than on the high street.
Trust you of all people on these very forums to try and relate something like not delcaring things to customs to piracy. How likely really is it that you'll be "caught" not declaring an iPad? They're hardly going to try and prove you didn't have one before going are they?
Also, what's this "bigger picture"? Who's being hurt by not declaring to customs? Do/would you declare an electrical purchase to customs, for like a laptop and pay the hundreds of pounds of duty and VAT they'll "require"?
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If you lived in the best Channel Island of them all you wouldn't have to declare electronic purchases
Obviously we still pay tax on cigarettes/alochol if over the limit.