Anything & Everything New York (PART 2) - [please search thread before posting]

phatbear

You're talking about local sales tax by the sound of it, which has nowt to do with my line of work however you avoid local sales tax on footwear and clothing below $110:

What items are exempt from sales tax? All clothing and footwear, clothing material (fabric, thread, buttons, etc.), hats and neckwear (ties and scarves), formalwear (purchased), and diapers (including disposable diapers).

What items are not exempt from sales tax? Jewelry and watches, handbags, umbrellas, rented formalwear, sports equipment (pads, helmets, etc.), pet or doll clothes.


above that if memory serves its 8.325%, I may be 0.1% out though.

Quassi75

TG for that.. Looking to only spend around £200 on clothes and stuff maximum while I'm accros, so that should be fine then..

For Phatbear: Am I allowed to go over without a suitcase and bring back a suitcase with some clothes in it under the value of £200?

Thanks

phatbear

Your current duty free limit from a non eu state is £340 per person, so £200 is'nt a problem in the least.

greenface

Plus the price of the suitcase also ! Customs aren't looking for the average joe bringing in a pair of ugg boots because they are cheaper abroad buy will be looking out for people with half a dozen pairs plus trying to cheat the tax systems they can normally tell the difference plus can their dogs sniff a louis vitton I'm off to turkey and fully intend to bring back some goods for mainly my own persoal use and get a few bargains for people I know . This is on A itouch so not sure how it turns out

retiredlady

phatbear wrote: »

Your current duty free limit from a non eu state is £340 per person, so £200 is'nt a problem in the least.

I didn't realise about the limits. So if I spent around £500 in clothes and stuff from the duty free shop, keep my receipts and tell the immigration man what I have spent how much will they charge me, or will they just take my stuff away from me? I live in the UK but am Canadian with Canadian passport.

Thanks for your help:j

phatbear

retiredlady wrote: »

I didn't realise about the limits. So if I spent around £500 in clothes and stuff from the duty free shop, keep my receipts and tell the immigration man what I have spent how much will they charge me, or will they just take my stuff away from me? I live in the UK but am Canadian with Canadian passport.

Thanks for your help:j

Immigration, Immi-bloody-gration!!!!

Nope if you have goods to declare you approach a customs officer, they are easily differentiated from immigration officers as we are far better looking and, ermmmm well other things im not going to go into on here.

If you have goods which equate to more than £340 then you should present yourself, the outcome of not doing so could be losing all your goodies.

As previously stated, and i hope to god/allah/buddha/ronald mcdonald that no one in charge is looking at this, but i have lost count of the people I have thanked for their honesty and moved them along , if ya see what I mean, however i have never let anyone off if I have found something which is undeclared, honesty is always the best policy.

LouBlue

Am I the only person that goes to New York, to see New York and not shop?

retiredlady

LouBlue wrote: »

Am I the only person that goes to New York, to see New York and not shop?

This will be my first visit so I probably will do both:D! It is mainly clothes I would be looking for. I find as an ample figured lady that there is a larger choice (:rotfl:) of clothing for me on the other side of the pond. I can get larger sizes here but the price is high and every other woman of large size has the same clothes as me! I like to be different I do:o:p:D

M4RKM

LouBlue wrote: »

Am I the only person that goes to New York, to see New York and not shop?

no.. not at all.. I'm going for the following


1 - to walk over the brooklyn bridge
2 - to walk around central park
3 - to sample in excess of 50 different types of beer
4 - to sleep off a huge hangover
5 - to take an internal flight and see washington dc


so unless you class item 3 as shopping, i'm not planning on any really

M

LouBlue

retiredlady wrote: »

This will be my first visit so I probably will do both:D! It is mainly clothes I would be looking for. I find as an ample figured lady that there is a larger choice (:rotfl:) of clothing for me on the other side of the pond. I can get larger sizes here but the price is high and every other woman of large size has the same clothes as me! I like to be different I do:o:p:D

First visit? Even more reason to see as much of NY as you possibly can. Don't spend too much time inside a shop....please.....I beg of you.