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[tom456]

I am now dealing with a new supplier and placing some pretty large orders, well £2K +. Basically, the supplier is under declaring the value of the stock before sending it to me and I have not asked for this to be done. OK, its good that I rarely have to pay Import Duties and if i do its a fraction of what I expect.

What are the legalities of this if the package was to be opened who would HM Revenue & Customs Contact. Really, what will I have done wrong I have not asked them to do this?

Any Help would be great, Thanks.

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If its your name on the package then you are liable, duty evasion is an offence punishable by a fine and imprisonment.

[afb.enterprises]

Hi tom456
The legalities really depend on what you are importing and where you are importing it from as all goods being imported are given a classifications the Customs Tariff groups all goods into various classifications in order to arrive at a rate of Duty, so as i said it really depends on what your importing and where from and whether duty has allready been paid on it. for more information look here http://www.sloanefox.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm
But whether you pay it as it comes through customs or not it may get differed and you will get a bill it the post sometime later requesting the amount owed for which you must pay without fail.
Hope this helps

Chris
AFBEnterprises