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Brining cigarettes to UK penalty, please help
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...oat-based breakfast meals?
Probably best to start to get a taste for themI am a cow so cannot speak Bullshine but I do recognise its smell when I come upon it.0 -
He never asked a question meally what he thought.
I would have thought personnel use would be only for you, even if it extends to family members I doubt it means some friends too
It covers gifts also, but it seems inconceivable someone would give away 50 cartons without something in return
Even with intra EU travel the upper guideline is 800 cigarettes, with the amount involved I expect they are treating the OP as a trader. 0 -
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powerful_Rogue wrote: »- How many trips abroad have you had int he last 2 years? EU or Non EU
- How many times have you been stopped by Border Force entering the UK?
- How many times have you had items seized?
- How much did you have seized?- probably 2-3 times to Russia
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- not quite sure what you mean, 50 cartons have been taken from my luggage if that's what you mean, about £350 it was spent on it
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What it means is that HMRC are very likely to make the assumption that you imported 50 cartons on each of those 2-3 trips to Russia and base any calculations for back duty/penalties on it.
So now, its up to you - or rather your competent legal represantitive to prove, negotiate or otherwise disabuse them of that idea and reach a settlement based on the amount they actually know about.
So the sooner you get professional help, the better.
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powerful_Rogue wrote: »Did you bring similar amounts back on the previous trips?
no, neverWhat it means is that HMRC are very likely to make the assumption that you imported 50 cartons on each of those 2-3 trips to Russia and base any calculations for back duty/penalties on it.
So now, its up to you - or rather your competent legal represantitive to prove, negotiate or otherwise disabuse them of that idea and reach a settlement based on the amount they actually know about.
So the sooner you get professional help, the better.
I need to prove that I have not brought any cigarettes in the past? how?0 -
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Prove or negotiate - That's something for your legal rep to guide you.0
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