Quite. If you were having daily shipments of several hundred dollars it would be difficult to claim they were gifts. But a few tens of dollars twice a year..... On 27 April 2014 15:31, Isaac Marino Bavaresco wrote: > 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 t= o > me > >> in the UK before I give him any money it is, at the point of import a > gift. > >> > > IANAL but I suspect that if the friend had a reasonable expectation of > > being paid for the goods it would not constitute a gift. Even if the > > payment had not taken place at the time of import. > > > > Note that for imports to the UK marking a shipment as "gift" only makes > > a significant difference for a relatively narrow range of declared > values. > > > One thing is the intention, another completely different is what can be > proved. > -- > 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 __________________________________________ 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 .