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Since the new tax, the number of parcels from China and other third countries halved.
Since the beginning of July must also for packages with a value of less than 22 euros import sales tax will be paid. “The abolition of the 22-euro exemption limit was a very decisive step towards more fairness in European online trading,” commented the trade association, which drew attention to this development on Wednesday. The Post also confirmed a halving of the parcel volume from third countries.
The abolition of the tax exemption for small parcels from outside the EU will bring the Austrian finance this year around 35 million euros in additional income, writes trade association managing director Rainer Will . The entire EU could this year with 3 billion euros , in 2022 even with 5 billion euros anticipate additional income.
In the previous year were over 600 million Parcels reached the European Union via Chinese mail order companies. 97 percent of which were exempt from duty and VAT, although there is a suspicion that many were incorrectly declared.
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