Fedex import tax

Sandtree

powerful_Rogue said:

Sandtree said:

To play devils advocate.... what is the legal grounds for the courier to charge (rather than the moral grounds)?

There is no contract between the recipient and the courier... we all know that one when a courier loses/damages a parcel... so its not a contractual obligation to pay them. So is there a statute that allows them to?

Put it another way, if @mattyprice4004 was kind enough to decide to randomly pay my self assessment tax bill without my requesting him to etc I doubt he'd have legal grounds to sue me for it let alone adding an admin fee on top.

PS... I know this is how it does work but not sure what creates the debt, and particularly the admin fee, in the first instance beyond the moral.

Duties and taxes are the responsability of the importer. The courier is carrying out this function on behalf of HMRC.

I know, but as pointed out... in normal life you cannot just go about paying things for other people and then try and reclaim it from them plus an admin fee... so what is the legal mechanism that allows them to do it and creates an enforceable debt?

noitsnotme

Sandtree said:

powerful_Rogue said:

Sandtree said:

To play devils advocate.... what is the legal grounds for the courier to charge (rather than the moral grounds)?

There is no contract between the recipient and the courier... we all know that one when a courier loses/damages a parcel... so its not a contractual obligation to pay them. So is there a statute that allows them to?

Put it another way, if @mattyprice4004 was kind enough to decide to randomly pay my self assessment tax bill without my requesting him to etc I doubt he'd have legal grounds to sue me for it let alone adding an admin fee on top.

PS... I know this is how it does work but not sure what creates the debt, and particularly the admin fee, in the first instance beyond the moral.

Duties and taxes are the responsability of the importer. The courier is carrying out this function on behalf of HMRC.

I know, but as pointed out... in normal life you cannot just go about paying things for other people and then try and reclaim it from them plus an admin fee... so what is the legal mechanism that allows them to do it and creates an enforceable debt?

Section 105, part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2000...

”(3)Duties (whether of customs or excise) charged on imported goods or other charges payable in respect of postal packets to which this section applies (whether payable to a postal operator or to a foreign administration) may be recovered by the postal operator concerned and in England and Wales and Northern Ireland may be so recovered as a civil debt due to him.”

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/26/section/105