What happened to your tsunami aid?

[Lucifer Box]

If any of you dug deep to help out for this one, here's a good example of the sort of use it might be put to.

Oxfam has had to pay £550,000 in customs duty to the Sri Lankan government for importing 25 four-wheel-drive vehicles to help victims of the tsunami, The Daily Telegraph has learned.

The sum was levied by customs in Colombo which have refused to grant tax exemptions to non-governmental organisations working to repair damage caused by the giant Boxing Day wave.

The Indian-made Mahindra vehicles, essential to negotiate damaged roads and rough tracks, remained stuck in port at Colombo for almost a month as officials completed the small mountain of paperwork required to release them. Customs charged £2,750 "demurrage" for every day they stood idle.

Oxfam said it had "no choice" but to pay the exorbitant 300 per cent import tax or face further delays to its relief operation.

Sri Lanka charges Oxfam £500,000 to allow in jeeps

Discuss, abuse Chico and/or Franco, whatever...

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They have a good few Danes working down there as aid workers etc.

Tax on new cars in Denmark is 300%.

I think there may be a pattern here. :lol

[Lucifer Box]

Tax on new cars in Denmark is 300%

Blimey, good job it's a cyclist friendly country, topographically speaking.

Oxfam said it had "no choice" but to pay the exorbitant 300 per cent import tax

Of course, Oxfam did have another choice. Call the Sri Lankan government's bluff and threaten to clear off back home again. That would have been an interesting situation.

[DimPrawn]

It's every governments duty to prevent any good from coming out of any situation. It's the least they could do really.

A no win situation. Aid goes in the government pinches it and people suffer. They aid don't go in, our government will pinch it and people will suffer.

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> Tax on new cars in Denmark is 300%.

300% of list price? Can't be true.

[Lucifer Box]

Re: tax

300% of list price? Can't be true.

You're right, according to this site (Danish Car Taxes) it's a mere 180%, which nearly trebles the price.

[SupremeSpod]

Re: tax

300% of list price? Can't be true.

Your clue was in the person who made the post...
(Our man in Denmark)

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So, what you saying is that its impossible to buy a second hand or new car abroad and take it there without having to pay tax? How about keeping foreign number plates?

Surely tax on imported vehicles from EU is not inline with the common market?

[Lucifer Box]

Re: tax

The Danish Page

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bs as usual

"Register your car

When importing new or used cars, you have to pay registration duty, which is usually 60-63% of the market price. You must fill in a special form named "Value assessment of vehicle" at your regional customs and tax authorities. You submit the form together with your car s registration number. Then the regional customs and tax authorities determine the value of your car and forward you a claim on a deposit of the duty. The deposit is calculated on the basis of an interim value estimate of your car."

Source: www.workindenmark.dk/Brin..._car/0/1/0