Your intent to defraud the Inland Revenue of their pound of flesh can be l= egally inferred by the subsequent remittance of funds. Mens rea, I believe = the lawyers call it. Best regards, SP > On Apr 27, 2014, at 9:25 AM, David C Brown wrote: >=20 > Being Jesuitical: if a friend buys the item in the USA and sends it to m= e > in the UK before I give him any money it is, at the point of import a gif= t. >=20 >=20 >> On 27 April 2014 13:49, peter green wrote: >>=20 >> RussellMc wrote: >>>=20 >>> confiscated by customs ... >> I don't advocate lying on customs forms but I also don't see how customs >> would ever know if it was a legitimate gift or not. >>=20 >> More generally the impression I have got is that for small packages >> customs pay very little attention to whether the information on the >> customs form is accurate. >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > __________________________________________ > David C Brown > 43 Bings Road > Whaley Bridge > High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 > Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com > SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .