Tax Issue for a shipment

[fdk]

Gift hamper ekak labuna wena retaking,ehe DHL ewun kiyanawa 60,000 tax ekak gewanna kiyala

What happens if I don't pay it and clear it?

 

[Emios]

Pay karanne netuwa clear karanne kohomada un hold karanwwa

 

[Hyaenidae]

 

[PolHora]

Gift hamper ekak labuna wena retaking,ehe DHL ewun kiyanawa 60,000 tax ekak gewanna kiyala

What happens if I don't pay it and clear it?

no payment = no release

 

[Hyaenidae]

 

[Niko Boy]

ඉස්සෙල්ලා බලාන් ඕක ස්කෑම් එකක්ද කියලා

 

[topkollek]

1. DHL officials clear it and take the goods home for their kids and wives
2. DHL doesn't clear it and custom officers clear it and take the goods home for their kids and wives
3. Nobody clears it and custom auctions them later

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තඩි ස්කෑම් එකකට අහුවෙන්න යන්නෙ මූ
------ Post added on Oct 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM

 

[tharakaf]

Gift hamper ekak labuna wena retaking,ehe DHL ewun kiyanawa 60,000 tax ekak gewanna kiyala

What happens if I don't pay it and clear it?

මටත් ඔය වගේ හුකන වැඩක් උනා, ඔසී ඉන්න මගෙ මෙන්ට කාරයා උගෙ ලැපට වැඩිපුර රැම් එකක් ඉල්ලලා ඌට වැරදි එකක් එවලා තිබ්බ. මේක උනෙ මම ජොයින් උනම කාලේ. පස්සෙ මූ අපරාදේ කියලා මට ඕක mail කලා. අන්තිමට බන් මට ඕක මෙහෙන් ගන්නවට වඩා ගානක් tax + Demurrages ගෙවලා ගන්න උනෙ

මට ප්‍රශ්නෙ තියෙන්නෙ ඕක ගිෆ්ට් එකක්නම් ඇයි උන් ඕකට චාර්ජ් කරන්නෙ. එහෙම ටැක්ස් ෆ්‍රි gift එවන්න බැරිද බන් ලංකාවෙ?

 

[Emios]

Hamper ewanna one bulk shipment gena un through.dhl air awoth baduma thamai.

 

[Hyaenidae]

මට ප්‍රශ්නෙ තියෙන්නෙ ඕක ගිෆ්ට් එකක්නම් ඇයි උන් ඕකට චාර්ජ් කරන්නෙ. එහෙම ටැක්ස් ෆ්‍රි gift එවන්න බැරිද බන් ලංකාවෙ?

Nope

Every shipment's going to be a gift if they allow tax-free gifts

 

[tharakaf]

Nope

Every shipment's going to be a gift if they allow tax-free gifts

So basically someone from abroad needs to take care of the taxes if they want to gift someone? can't even ship used stuff?

 

[Emios]

Ewana ekata puluwan pre tax gewala label ekak dala ewanna.tax eka etakota ewapu ekagen thama charge wenne.

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So basically someone from abroad needs to take care of the taxes if they want to gift someone? can't even ship used stuff?

Ehema ne ban oya ausi idan kg ganan ewanne.nawe enakota barata tax gahanne.air awoth hema single item ekakatama gahanawa
------ Post added on Oct 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM

 

[damith sa]

oka scam ekak yako

 

[Hyaenidae]

So basically someone from abroad needs to take care of the taxes if they want to gift someone? can't even ship used stuff?

Yep you have to pay taxes on all foreign parcels afaik

 

[fdk]

Naha ape business partner kenek ewwe, mawa DHL eken contact karala kiwwe tax eka mechcharai kiyala, yako mama mokatada un ewana gift ekakata gewanne

 

[tharakaf]

Yep you have to pay taxes on all foreign parcels afaik

Just remembered another story, When I got married I received a $50 cheque (this was when the dollar was when the usd was around 130) as a gift from a relative. Those assholes could have just give a note instead of a fucking cheque. Those days I didn't have money so that was a big amount for us. And to change that to money I think I would have had to pay more than that out of my pocket. I returned it

 

[PolHora]

So basically someone from abroad needs to take care of the taxes if they want to gift someone? can't even ship used stuff?

in simple terms yes if its air cargo, clearing process is going to charge you for the HS code of relevant items, if cusdec hs code is wrong you are going to pay the fine to that also. used stuff kiyala condition ekak na, you have to give them the invoice for the amount u paid before shipping

 

[tharakaf]

in simple terms yes if its air cargo, clearing process is going to charge you for the HS code of relevant items, if cusdec hs code is wrong you are going to pay the fine to that also. used stuff kiyala condition ekak na, you have to give them the invoice for the amount u paid before shipping

Ok so if they devalue it our guys will still look at the market value and then tax for that amount right?