We are going on a sightseeing/shopping trip to New York in November and will almost certainly exceed the €175 per person limit on goods (clothes, shoes, dvds) purchased outside the EU. How much will we have to pay (just 21% VAT or is there duty/other as well)? I have looked on revenue.ie but it just says what the allowances are but not what the charges are. What is the procedure for going through the red channel and paying whatever is due? Have a bunch of receipts and the chequebook ready?
I get the impression that very few people actually declare goods when coming home from NY shopping trips so do you think they will be suspicious of a declaration and want to check the bags in case we have €10M of diamonds in there? I'm happy enough to pay the duty/VAT etc (the stuff will still be a lot cheaper) but I don't want to get stuck there for hours because we're doing the right thing so has anyone any experience of this? Thanks.
I get the impression that very few people actually declare goods when coming home from NY shopping trips so do you think they will be suspicious of a declaration and want to check the bags in case we have €10M of diamonds in there? I'm happy enough to pay the duty/VAT etc (the stuff will still be a lot cheaper) but I don't want to get stuck there for hours because we're doing the right thing so has anyone any experience of this? Thanks.