I live in Germany, not retired, and have just received my first set of hearing aids. I have registered my hearing aids with the DALC and the FMP program. I received notice, via UPS that the package is being held up at customs, in Gemany, (Just ordered them yesterday!)
I called the local german customs and was informed of the following:
1.anything valued over Euro 22.00 will be charged an added value tax of 19%
a. this includes the postage!
I will be informing the DALC and FMP program about this. The DALC said they would send a larger supply of batteries (in my case 3 time 60 batteries) to help me out.
(I guess the value is $48 plus postage, so I am guessing around $60 or around Euro 50.00 So my guess is that I will have to pay a customs tax of around Euro 10.00)
Does anyone have a different experience with this?
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Frank1959
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I live in Germany, not retired, and have just received my first set of hearing aids. I have registered my hearing aids with the DALC and the FMP program. I received notice, via UPS that the package is being held up at customs, in Gemany, (Just ordered them yesterday!)
I called the local german customs and was informed of the following:
1.anything valued over Euro 22.00 will be charged an added value tax of 19%
a. this includes the postage!
I will be informing the DALC and FMP program about this. The DALC said they would send a larger supply of batteries (in my case 3 time 60 batteries) to help me out.
(I guess the value is $48 plus postage, so I am guessing around $60 or around Euro 50.00 So my guess is that I will have to pay a customs tax of around Euro 10.00)
Does anyone have a different experience with this?
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Wow, very German. Frank1959, the batteries that I get from Denver DALC are made in Germany! So Germany is going to tax you on a product that the VA buys from Germany and then sends to you in Germany.
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