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Dear Sirs,

in the european union we have a law that allows private persons to
import goods without paying tax and customs on the shipping costs. The
problem is, that your invoice lists the shipping costs and those trigger
the additional costs automatically.

The law is called "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93" and you will
find it here:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:31993R2454

The important part is article 165 (2):
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1. All postal charges levied up to the place of destination in respect
of goods sent by post shall be included in the customs value of these
goods, with the exception of any supplementary postal charge levied in
the country of importation

2. No adjustment to the declared value shall, however, be made in
respect of such charges in determining the value of consignments of a
non-commercial nature.
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It is really important for your customers (like me) to change the
customs invoice and remove the shipping costs. Of course only if the
goods are ordered through private persons.

Otherwise it costs a huge amount depending on the shipping costs. e.g.:
I order goods with a value of 25 dollar. This will not trigger any
customs/tax because its value is under 22,- EUR. But if you add the
shipping costs of 30 dollar I need to pay tax on the complete amount.
This means (25+30) x 0,19 = 10,45 dollar tax altough I don't really need
to do that. Very frustrating and expensive.

Maybe you wonder that I'm the only person that informs you about that
fact. Of course not many people know about that. But if you're unsure
ask a european located shipping company like DHL. They will confirm the
article 165 (2).

Mach mit!