Does anyone know how it works?
My wife is returning from Dubai with an XBox console she paid 1899 DUR for which is roughly R6200. According to the SARS website she is allowed any items to the value of R5000, does she simply pay duties on the value above R5000?
http://www.sars.gov.za/ClientSegments/Customs-Excise/Travellers/Pages/Arrival-in-SA.aspx
Duty-free allowances
Goods falling within the following allowances may be brought in without the payment of customs duty and VAT as accompanied baggage:
No more than 200 cigarettes and 20 cigars per person
No more than 250g of cigarette or pipe tobacco per person
No more than 50ml perfume and 250ml eau de toilette per person
No more than 2 litres of wine per person
No more than 1 litre in total of other alcoholic beverages per person
In addition to personal effects and the above consumable allowances, travellers are allowed new or used goods in accompanied baggage to the value of R5 000.
A traveller is entitled to these allowances once per person during a period of 30 days after an absence of 48 hours from South Africa.
The tobacco and alcohol allowance is not applicable to persons under the age of 18 years.
Crew members are not entitled to any consumable allowances.
My wife is returning from Dubai with an XBox console she paid 1899 DUR for which is roughly R6200. According to the SARS website she is allowed any items to the value of R5000, does she simply pay duties on the value above R5000?
http://www.sars.gov.za/ClientSegments/Customs-Excise/Travellers/Pages/Arrival-in-SA.aspx
Duty-free allowances
Goods falling within the following allowances may be brought in without the payment of customs duty and VAT as accompanied baggage:
No more than 200 cigarettes and 20 cigars per person
No more than 250g of cigarette or pipe tobacco per person
No more than 50ml perfume and 250ml eau de toilette per person
No more than 2 litres of wine per person
No more than 1 litre in total of other alcoholic beverages per person
In addition to personal effects and the above consumable allowances, travellers are allowed new or used goods in accompanied baggage to the value of R5 000.
A traveller is entitled to these allowances once per person during a period of 30 days after an absence of 48 hours from South Africa.
The tobacco and alcohol allowance is not applicable to persons under the age of 18 years.
Crew members are not entitled to any consumable allowances.
