Russian customs began to track purchases of residents abroad

Russian customs began to quickly find out about expensive purchases of residents abroad. The source of information may be unknowing travelers.

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After returning after the New Year holidays, some wealthy Russian travelers faced an unpleasant surprise - they were met at the airport by customs officers armed with a list of their expensive and undeclared purchases, the newspaper writes.Ведомости».

“The client flew to Moscow, traditionally removing all tags from purchased watches and jewelry, but the customs did not just inspect his luggage, but knew exactly what to look for, when and for how much he bought these things,” says the lawyer of the consulting company. Many clients of business jets have encountered problems, confirms a person familiar with the heads of several business aviation operators: customs officers have tightened control.

Vedomosti explains that customs obtains data on expensive purchases from the database of the value added tax refund system for foreigners Tax freeas well as from law enforcement agencies of the countries of temporary residence of Russians.

According to Russian law, no duty is allowed to import into the country of purchase for an amount of no more than 10 thousand euros, and if the amount is exceeded, you must pay an 30-percentage duty. Violation is subject to both a fine and imprisonment.

Ранее ForumDaily wrote that the Russian customs запретила buy sanctions products on the Internet.

Import ban A number of products from countries that have sanctioned Russia were introduced in August 2014.

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