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Respected Sir, Do we have to pay extra tax on electronic items or gold items which we bring from out side india (say dubai or USA). Because in Airport the custom officials when they scan our luggag

Reported on March 22, 2011 from Bangalore , Karnataka  ι Report #33806


 



You have to pay import and export custom duty i.e when you carry goods from abroad into India and when you carry goods from India to other countries. The website of the central excise and customs is quite informative. http://www.cbec.gov.in/cae1-english.htm They have provided a list of all the chapters, the specific goods that come under the chapters and the duty on the respective goods. The duty for gold and electronic items is 10%.



Tired international travelers are an easy target for such customs officials. If the next time you are travelling and are asked for a bribe, I think you must threaten the officials, take photographs and show them that you are conversant with the laws. Please ask them under which law they are charging you.  

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Respected Sir, Do we have to pay extra tax on electronic items or gold items which we bring from out side india (say dubai or USA). Because in Airport the custom officials when they scan our luggage and find these items they ask us to pay extra tax (on what basis they are calculating they dont tell us). And they say if we dont want to pay the tax on which they calculated pay them bribe of at least more than 100 dollars.