import tax for Germany?

[Stephen Williams]

"Are you sure that RED does not have to charge California tax if you pick your goods up in person?"

Hi,

You will have to pay sales tax if you collect in person from California.

Stephen

 

[jamesedwelland]

So the import tax for Spain would be 4.9% or 12.5%? Makes a BIG difference.

Rates are unified within the EEC. As your local customs office or look on the web.

I understand UK import duty on most parts of a RED camera would be 4.9% So would be that rate for you too....

You can also apply for a formal verification of duty rates from your customs office to avoid any nasty suprises...



james w

 

[Ed van der Kruijssen]

No Import duty on Optics!

No Import duty on Optics!

I just ordered a Fujinon lens for my HDCAM in the US.
Customs didn't charge any import duty on the Lens, because it's not considered as a electronic device.
So it's better to order the Red lens seperately from the RED body and other electronics options like the EVF.
On video equipment you have to pay 4.9 % import duty (at least in the Netherlands )

 

[Manuel Wenger]

4,9 % is true for 8525 8099 10 0 for videcameras which only record sound an image from the camera , if for any reason customs decides for 8525 8099 00 0 which is anything else than above 12,5% (HD SDI in DV IN, VCR functions...)

This is according to "EZT-Online" (http://auskunft.ezt-online.de/ezto/Welcome.do) which i was refered to when I called customs couple of days ago.

Import duties from countries outside EC are the same for all EC countires.

regards
Manuel Wenger

 

[cinemano]

What, so everytime i travel with my RED i have to pay taxes for it? even if i bought it like months ago? How can one prove its used?

 

[Cüneyt Kaya]

keep a copy of your receipt with you

 

[qqqavi]

¨keep a copy of your receipt with you¨ like cinemano said, every time I go to US with my RED I will pay a tax? It´s mine and as a turist I want to shoot everything I see, have a good time in US. Can you prove ´that you´re a turist? Sounds stupid, seems that nobody knows... Should I keep a copy of the receipt for my mp3 player, my canon camera, my watch or even for my hvx200? What happen if I don´t have one of those receipts?

 

[Mike Prevette]

Whenever I leave the US with equipment I make a list of equipment and serial numbers and get it certified by the TSA. That way they know what I left with and what I returned with so it doesn't look like I'm buying or sellign the stuff over seas. No taxes

If your traveling with a LOT of gear you really need a Carnet.

 

[Axel Mertes]

Michael,
Because it takes sometimes 6-8 weeks from shipment USA via customs office Frankfurt to i.e. Hamburg, I'll pick up my camera and accessories in Red office when everything is ready for shipment. I'll stay some days in California - I've never been there - try everything, then go back to Germany and declare everything personally in Frankfurt.
This way is more expensive but more secure and faster.

Hey guys, we'e been all through this early january.

The shipments from RED usually don't take 6-8 weeks! In which outback of Hamburg are you living?
Honestly, usually it takes 2-3 days to arrive at Frankfurt am Main/Customs. Then it takes a day or two, could be 5 if you order T-Shirts (believe me, we had 4 or 5 shipments from RED so far...). Then its done and brought to you by Fedex OVERNIGHT. So ONE week or slightly more than one week is realistic. You get a bill for tax & duties from Fedex and pay that to Fedex. It may be helpful to become a Fedex customer before, I am not sure if it makes a difference. We are Fedex customers, thought can't say how it is if not. In fact, Fedex is ordered by RED, not by us, so I believe it would make no difference.

The shipment alone costs about 600 Euros for the whole camera, thats insured standart priority, like 2 days or so, international shipment. I believe its the ONLY shipment method RED currently offers.

However, Fedex is a good shipping company. RED does package the whole stuff really well for transports, and I mean REALLY WELL. And don't try them to use USPS or DHL instead, if you would like to do yourself a favor...

I need to laugh really loud when I hear poeple want to travel there to pick it up, cause it would be more safe and faster?

You have apparently no idea of the size of the packages, nore of the weight. We have TWO really large Pelicases now to keep ONE RED ONE system (just the camera, LCD, EVF, 1 lense, batteries, drives, loaders and accessoires, plus one notebook, NO tripod or the like). And the weight is sooo much you don't want anything else to carry when you are alone. Its hard to move that by train, its hard even by car .

And have in mind: You are in NO WAY able to put these things inside the cabin of the plane. You need to push them into the baggage of the airplane. And I trust the RED standart secured Fedex transportation way more than ANY flight companies bagagge claim thing... Have you heard of the new London gate, which lost several thousand baggages a day recently? Good luck, mate!

I understand the idea of travelling there and picking it up, seeing RED company and california. But this is not an Hi8 or MiniDV camcorder you take with yourself in an airplane... Not really. The weight of the body permits that. And those securities before the boarding area at last.

I can give you ony one hint:

Travel to RED when you get your invitation. You'll get one, more I am not allowed to say... Thats a better time and investment for a flight travel there.

And the 4.9% seems right, I think we had the same. We paid about 600 Euros in total for custom duties, plus the 19% VAT (which we get refunded as a company).

RED ONE body is a still frame photo camera with a really high shooting rate.

Axel