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Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon by wodenokoto on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:47AM (#17958796)
Only $20? That actually seems quite reasonable for being caught avoiding taxes. In theory, it should be possible to declare and pay VAT in advance, but I have never figured out how.

Anyway, the penalty used to be much more. I've payed over 300dkk on a 100dkk item years ago.

Amazon.com offers to take care of import taxes for you, and many of the dodgy Chinese sites offers tax-insurance.

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Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon by _jcwu on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @08:49AM (#17959214)
If it's the same as here in Switzerland, then it is not about "being caught." It's not a fine. It's a fee. Even if you declare your goods and pay taxes, it costs you a fee every time they check your package.
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Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon by wodenokoto on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @08:51AM (#17959235)
That might be quite likely.
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