Shipping Household Goods

Fear7474

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Member since 23 May 2018

Ferragudo, Faro

Fear7474

26 February 2024 10:15:40

Fear7474

26 February 2024 10:15:40

Ferragudo, Faro

Hi si we are Brexit (withdrawal agreement) Residency Car Holders not yet tax resident in Portugal. But will be this year. So we did ship stuff over in 2016 no issues with tax duties on any goods. So now we will move petmanently due to retirement and wish to shop more houseold goods so how does this work with tax now? i notice you must ship in the first year of residency do we still have this option?

roz66

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Member since 14 April 2023

roz66

26 February 2024 12:25:19

roz66

26 February 2024 12:25:19

I assume you are shipping from UK? If yes, you can get a baggem cert from the Portugeuse UK embassy which allows you to ship free of duty all your goods if are personal and are owned by you for more than either 6 or 12 months, I dont recall the exact period, though it may differ depending on the goods, ex a car is 6 months .

However, that said, we shipped all our household goods last year and paid the duty on them which amounted to a couple of hundred euros only. This was subsumed into the overall costs of the removal by the company we chose. It was definitely worth it to avoid the beauracy of getting the cert which you have to do yourself. The moving company will handle all the importing tasks for you this side whether you pay duty or obtain the cert.

hope this helps