Thats not true, receipt is a proof of buying. Your tax will be accorind to the receipt and comared with local price here.

ITBIS is 18% of the price on the receipt/bill. The problem is that the customs duty (arancel) is based on the value that is specified on the books.

Dread, you and chill are killing me.....

Can you please let Mr. Holden explain himself.....

Richard, your chica... is that your wife, daughter, friend, niece or goat?

*richardholden
and I am an American citizen. I want to bring in an LCD TV, as much TV as the size and weight limits will allow. Am I going to have to pay a tax or duty to bring this in for personal use?? please advise, thanks

LOSER!

For goodness sakes will you stop being so rude and just answer the ops question. There is so much misinformation being given to him.

Richard,

I have lived here for many years and own a business here and I import things for the business. My strong recommendation to you is forget bringing anything in. There are many stores here now just as good as the US and you can buy what you want. Customs CAN charge what they like and often do and cheat folk. There are ways round it but its not worth it for the little you want to bring in. Go to Stgo and SD and see all the new stores and what they have to offer. Good luck.

A receipt is proof of purchase, yes.

It has absolutely nothing to do with the value set by customs for tax purposes. You can show them a receipt for 500 dollars for a TV, but if their books shows a value of 1500 dollars, you'll pay taxes on the 1500 dollar value.

The receipt you show is not taken into consideration in any way, shape, or form.

thank you for clearing that one up for Miloskorac, Dixie. guys in customs charge what they feel like. it even works against them, sometimes. i brought in the premium version of a car some years ago. it had every bell and whistle available. there was no valuation on record, because it was , probably, the only one on the island. i presented the receipt from the dealer, but the customs lady disregarded it, and promptly went to ebay to look for a price. the only one for sale was the cheap, base model 4 cylinder version, which sells for less than a half the price of mine. guess what? she used the ebay price to set the value. nobody said they were bright!

If they go through you luggage you will have to pay a hefty duty. My friend just paid several hundred.

If the value of an item is less then 200 USD$, then you will not pay tax. If it is more then 200 USD$ then you will pay taxes, thats what I do when receiving packages trough EPS (www.eps-int.com)

http://www.dga.gov.do/dgagov.net/ is the website of customs in Santo Domingo.

Consulta de Aranceles de esta pagina, dime Dread, como funcciona? Para decir a gringo cuanto va pagar su LCD.

Sir, you can buy here LCD tvs as well.

So,

if you buy 19'' on http://cgi.ebay.com/VIZIO-19-LCD-HDTV-Television-1080i-720P-HDMI-VA19L_W0QQitemZ390030860754QQihZ026QQcategoryZ3320QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

EBAY - LCD TV for 190 USD$

you will not pay taxes.

Otherwise, you will pay 20% out of the price from your bill, which is a proof of payment. Customs can find that your TV costs more, but thats their problem.