Saturday, August 16, 2014

The Ministry of Finance does not refuse to lower the threshold for duty-free order of up to 150 euros – Russian Newspaper

The Ministry of Finance does not refuse to lower the threshold for duty-free order of up to 150 euros – Russian Newspaper

The Ministry of Finance has prepared a draft decree, which will lower the threshold for online orders from foreign shops with thousands of up to 150 euros. So, the premise for this amount will not be subject to duty.

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The draft document was posted on the agency regulation.gov.ru portal on the results of public discussion.

It should be noted that before the Ministry of Industry has proposed to lower the threshold to 500 euros. As reported earlier, “RG”, Ministry of Communications will implement the decision to reduce the threshold, noted the head of department Nikolay Nikiforov. When a final decision is made, it will be necessary to work in sync with his colleagues in the Customs Union, he said. Otherwise, the unilateral decision will lead to imbalance and growth of gray imports, said Nikiforov. “When the question on 150 euros, we estimate that 80 percent of parcels and so passes the threshold. Who makes a large purchase, it will divide the order into multiple parcels. Restrictions will be for those who make very expensive purchases in foreign Internet stores. Or for those who have used a loophole and actually threw consignments, departing from the payment of fees as a legal entity – the minister said. – is important for us to pay taxes was seamless. Either she came in the mail, as it is already possible to do now. or immediately when ordering from the online store. With large sites such a payment system fees do “.

In general, the customs and the post office are ready to introduce a new price cap for parcels.

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