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I'm planning to buy some electronics in Asia in person and carry them back to the UK.

Can UK companies have their own duty free allowance (separate legal form), or not (in any circumstances)?

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  • Are you planning to carry the electronics back with you in your luggage, or are you planning to ship them by post/courier/shipping company/etc? (The rules differ)
    – Gagravarr
    Oct 19, 2014 at 17:23
  • @Gagravarr: I'm planning to carry them in my hand luggage.
    – kenorb
    Oct 19, 2014 at 17:26
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    Isn't the duty-free allowance restricted to personal property anyway? So if the Ltd. buys something and you act as courier for the Ltd., your allowance is irrelevant.
    – MSalters
    Oct 20, 2014 at 11:17
  • @pnuts If you made that an answer I'd vote it up.
    – DJClayworth
    Oct 20, 2014 at 17:13

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If you read the description of the rules on importing goods from outside the EU on the official website, you will notice that:

To qualify for the tax/duty free allowances you also need to meet the following conditions:

  • You must transport the goods yourself.
  • The goods must be for your own use or as a gift.

So duty-free allowances in the EU and elsewhere are specifically intended to give a bit of leeway to private citizens. The page does not explicitly cover the rules for companies but if you want to import goods to sell them, you obviously have to pay the relevant taxes and duties (otherwise, who would pay them, exactly?)

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