Calling all Singaporean Chanel lovers, can you pl tell me if you are charged GST (Goods & Services Tax) on your Chanel purchases shipped from overseas? TIA! Early this year, I purchased a Miu Miu bag from net-a-porter and wasn't charged GST!
I dont think so if your seller is willing to mark down the value less than USD 400 and as a gift. Yea... that is wht singpost told me about the price min. when they will start charging GST.
hi shiny_hair,
can i enquire how you go about that? do u call up the US boutique and have them ship the bag u want to u directly? or do u use courier services such as comgateway/ vpost?
thanks!
Calling all Singaporean Chanel lovers, can you pl tell me if you are charged GST (Goods & Services Tax) on your Chanel purchases shipped from overseas? TIA! Early this year, I purchased a Miu Miu bag from net-a-porter and wasn't charged GST!
Net-a-porter already includes GST in their price based on your location. It is shipped DDP (Delivery Duty Paid), which means you have already paid duty as part of your shipping costs.
Shipping by any commercial courier, except the normal postal service (including EMS), will always incur GST, unless the seller under-declares the value of the contents. When shipped EMS, it is delivered by SingPost and most of the time, goes under the radar. However, about 20-30% of the time, I will be asked to produce the invoice and pay GST on the invoice value before being able to have the bag delivered.
Shipping through vPost would always incur GST, unless, again the seller under-declares the value in their invoice, which you have to send to vPost anyway.
Hi shiny_hair,
I was wondering how you go about finding bags in chanel boutiques in the US? Do you email various SAs to ask for the particular bag? Also do you have any SAs to reccomend to me as I would like to try buying a bag from the US. The stock in Singapore is rather limited. Thanks.