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Do you transport your laptop in it's original packaging? Not declaring is "Steuerhinterziehung", which is the one crime the state really does care about and wh

Do you transport your laptop in it's original packaging? Not declaring is "Steuerhinterziehung", which is the one crime the state really does care about and which is punished comparatively to second-degree murder in Germany. You better declare. And if you cross the border with something even remotely newish-ly looking, you better have an invoice for that.

Grazester 10y ago
Wait? Is it Switzerland enforcing this? Why should Switzerland care if you buy something there and dont pay taxes for it when you get to Britain? No I don't leave items bought abroad in their originally packaging. That would be counter productive of me if I was trying to avoid being taxed Bringing anything into my country is taxable also. See that nice outfit in your suitcase? It's taxable. Laptops are very taxable but I just leave it in my backpack since customs would not normally check my "personal bags"(hand bags and small backpacks) coming into my country. If you did not declare it and they find it they levy an additional charge on top of the taxes.
- DocTomoe 10y ago
  Nope, target country enforces this. Which is a lot worse, because you usually have to live there. > Bringing anything into my country is taxable also. See that nice outfit in your suitcase? It's taxable Admitting to TAX EVASION on the net with a somewhat traceable account is probably a bad idea if you are living in a Country that actually operates on tax income (which some countries do not, Brunei comes to mind...) > If you did not declare it and they find it they levy an additional charge on top of the taxes. Actually, in the western world, you get put into prison for a few years.
  - Grazester 10y ago
    I do live in the "western world" if you term the Americas that. My country isn't going to waste resources to hunt me down to get a couple dollars worth in taxes and they certainly aren't sending me to prison either ;)
    - DocTomoe 10y ago
      > if you term the Americas that Hardly so. "The Americas" indicate some second-world middle-American Country, which more often than not is in the process of failing (because of - amongst other things - tax Evasion).
m_mueller 10y ago
> "Steuerhinterziehung", which is the one crime the state really does care about and which is punished comparatively to second-degree murder in Germany It's quite staggering how different Switzerland works in that regard. It's not even a crime there, i.e. not regulated by criminal law, and the penalty ranges from one fifth to three times the amount you gained. http://www.steuer-hinterziehung.ch/steuerhinterziehung/gesetzliche-grundlage http://www.steuer-hinterziehung.ch/steuerhinterziehung/geset...

Grazester 10y ago

Wait? Is it Switzerland enforcing this? Why should Switzerland care if you buy something there and dont pay taxes for it when you get to Britain? No I don't leave items bought abroad in their originally packaging. That would be counter productive of me if I was trying to avoid being taxed Bringing anything into my country is taxable also. See that nice outfit in your suitcase? It's taxable. Laptops are very taxable but I just leave it in my backpack since customs would not normally check my "personal bags"(hand bags and small backpacks) coming into my country. If you did not declare it and they find it they levy an additional charge on top of the taxes.

DocTomoe 10y ago
Nope, target country enforces this. Which is a lot worse, because you usually have to live there. > Bringing anything into my country is taxable also. See that nice outfit in your suitcase? It's taxable Admitting to TAX EVASION on the net with a somewhat traceable account is probably a bad idea if you are living in a Country that actually operates on tax income (which some countries do not, Brunei comes to mind...) > If you did not declare it and they find it they levy an additional charge on top of the taxes. Actually, in the western world, you get put into prison for a few years.
- Grazester 10y ago
  I do live in the "western world" if you term the Americas that. My country isn't going to waste resources to hunt me down to get a couple dollars worth in taxes and they certainly aren't sending me to prison either ;)
  - DocTomoe 10y ago
    > if you term the Americas that Hardly so. "The Americas" indicate some second-world middle-American Country, which more often than not is in the process of failing (because of - amongst other things - tax Evasion).

m_mueller 10y ago

> "Steuerhinterziehung", which is the one crime the state really does care about and which is punished comparatively to second-degree murder in Germany It's quite staggering how different Switzerland works in that regard. It's not even a crime there, i.e. not regulated by criminal law, and the penalty ranges from one fifth to three times the amount you gained. http://www.steuer-hinterziehung.ch/steuerhinterziehung/gesetzliche-grundlage http://www.steuer-hinterziehung.ch/steuerhinterziehung/geset...