Do you have to pay GST if you mail order a watch from US ?

[Baccara77]

If the vendor dispatches the parcel via UPS, will custom and excise department contact you and make you pay GST before they release the parcel ?

 

[laksaboy]

All delivery charges are done when you finished ordering. Some delivery services are more expensive (faster) than others. Sometimes delivery is 'free'.

GST has nothing to do with it.

 

[Baccara77]

All delivery charges are done when you finished ordering. Some delivery services are more expensive (faster) than others. Sometimes delivery is 'free'.

GST has nothing to do with it.

Oh...I see

 

[blackmondy]

If the vendor dispatches the parcel via UPS, will custom and excise department contact you and make you pay GST before they release the parcel ?

Many years back I bought a watch from Amazon and had to collect my watch from customs office located at Paya Lebar. Need to pay GST there as anything above SGD400 is subjected to GST. Not sure if they raise the ceiling since.

 

[glockman]

If the vendor dispatches the parcel via UPS, will custom and excise department contact you and make you pay GST before they release the parcel ?

From my experience, the vendor will calculate and collect import tax when they bill you. So, I didn't have to pay anything on our side when the watch arrived.

 

[nayr69sg]

ask the vendor to declare that the items in the package are <$10. No duties.

 

[yinyang]

Many years back I bought a watch from Amazon and had to collect my watch from customs office at located Paya Lebar. Need to pay GST there as anything above SGD400 is subjected to GST. Not sure if they raise the ceiling since.

Threshold S$400 still holds. If importer is a local business, you get this back (as input tax)

https://www.iras.gov.sg/IRASHome/GST/Consumers/Consumers-Importing-Goods-into-Singapore/

 

[bobby]

Overseas vendor has no legal obligation to collect GST on behalf of the buyer's country.......

 

[Baccara77]

Threshold S$400 still holds. If importer is a local business, you get this back (as input tax)

https://www.iras.gov.sg/IRASHome/GST/Consumers/Consumers-Importing-Goods-into-Singapore/

The GST is charged on the amount in excess of $400 Or the entire amountt?

 

[yinyang]

The GST is charged on the amount in excess of $400 Or the entire amountt?

If CIF (cost, insurance, freight) is S$400 -pay GST on full amount. Check out the link, says this clearly.

Anything below S$400, you get away with zero GST.

 

[frontier]

The GST is charged on the amount in excess of $400 Or the entire amountt?

Don't estimate at $400 because Singapore customs use a slightly different FX rate, determined by themselves and FX rate will be different when your item reaches Singapore.

To be safe, make sure the price + shipping cost is below S$370

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Threshold S$400 still holds. If importer is a local business, you get this back (as input tax)

https://www.iras.gov.sg/IRASHome/GST/Consumers/Consumers-Importing-Goods-into-Singapore/

Yes YY is correct
My purchases usually comes via Singpost. When I collect at the lockers you must pay GST