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Simplified courier declaration and VAT de minimis

Dossier
Importing machinery and inputs17-importar-maquinaria.md
Domain
Importing machinery: duty and clearanceimportar-maquinaria
Room
Invest · Importing machinery: duty and clearance/invertir/importar-maquinaria
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Commercial guides put the ceiling for the simplified courier declaration authorized by the tax authority (SAT) for express delivery companies at US$1,000 CIF; shipments of equal or greater value require a formal DUCA-D filed by a customs broker - a figure still to be confirmed against the official courier procedure of the Customs Intendancy. In practice there is no VAT de minimis for commercial shipments: almost every commercial shipment pays 12% VAT with no minimum exempt amount (a commercial-guide claim, still to be verified). Courier enforcement tightened with the SAT-CLADEC agreement; one documented case showed goods declared at US$700 with a real value of US$9,200.40.

The research is written in English; quoted figures, source names and the titles of legal instruments stay in the language their source published them in.

Figures

Tope declaración simplificada courierStackry / NDA Global
US$1,000 CIF (por confirmar)vigente

Caveat

commercial guides; threshold still to be confirmed against SAT's official procedure

Sources

Organizations named in the answer

  • CLADECCounterparty to the SAT-CLADEC agreement that tightened enforcement on courier shipments.Other

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