Em 27/04/2014 11:01, peter green escreveu:
> David C Brown wrote:
>> Being Jesuitical:  if a friend buys the item in the USA and sends it to =
me
>> in the UK before I give him any money it is, at the point of import a gi=
ft.
>>  =20
> IANAL but I suspect that if the friend had a reasonable expectation of=20
> being paid for the goods it would not constitute a gift. Even if the=20
> payment had not taken place at the time of import.
>
> Note that for imports to the UK marking a shipment as "gift" only makes=20
> a significant difference for a relatively narrow range of declared values=
..


One thing is the intention, another completely different is what can be
proved.
--=20
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