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Do you guys have GAS or you buy only the gear you really need for your job?

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SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: ercapoccia on August 18, 2020, 06:35:56 pm ---It is not easy to calculate how much i have to pay and how much i can deduct.

Few years ago i bought some components from digikey, it was €40 and i had to pay €86, i could not deduct the extra €46 that were customs tariff and taxes. This was with company tax code.

Another time with my personal tax id, i bought an rc elicopter from china, it was actually €80 but i had to pay taxes for €220, because they calculate taxes on the estimated value instead of the real value.

From my previous experience i don't feel confident to buy an expensive piece of equipment from china until i'm sure about the rules that will be applied.

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Surely there must be a way to appeal that kind of thing?  - they can't just make up a charge, if you have an invoice that shows the actual cost...

E.g. I sent a present to someone in an EU country recently, they got dinged for a lot of taxes, but got all the money back after documenting the value of the item and proving it was a present...

ercapoccia:

--- Quote from: SilverSolder on August 18, 2020, 07:16:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: ercapoccia on August 18, 2020, 06:35:56 pm ---It is not easy to calculate how much i have to pay and how much i can deduct.

Few years ago i bought some components from digikey, it was €40 and i had to pay €86, i could not deduct the extra €46 that were customs tariff and taxes. This was with company tax code.

Another time with my personal tax id, i bought an rc elicopter from china, it was actually €80 but i had to pay taxes for €220, because they calculate taxes on the estimated value instead of the real value.

From my previous experience i don't feel confident to buy an expensive piece of equipment from china until i'm sure about the rules that will be applied.

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Surely there must be a way to appeal that kind of thing?  - they can't just make up a charge, if you have an invoice that shows the actual cost...

E.g. I sent a present to someone in an EU country recently, they got dinged for a lot of taxes, but got all the money back after documenting the value of the item and proving it was a present...

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Customs and burocracy in general are not what in Italy we do best.

If you google  for "packge lost customs italy" or similar you will read many horror stories about packages lost, stolen or just left there for months :)

Sorry for the off topic

olkipukki:

--- Quote from: ercapoccia on August 13, 2020, 05:58:33 pm ---I'd buy for my professional repair lab, that is about 10/20% of my company income but it would be really an overkill for my needs, i'd just like to play around with it. :o |O

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Do you mean revenue or net income?



--- Quote from: ercapoccia on August 13, 2020, 05:58:33 pm ---I really want the DMM6500, it has been sitting on the cart with a nice probe master kit for few weeks, i could not find yet a valid reason to justify the purchase with myself.

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Write down all possible scenarios, indirect benefit is a driving force as well.

If not much use later (aka game over) and it start to collect a dust only, you can sell it.
You would be better be familiar upfront with depreciation and write off accounting methods - what loss (if any), taxes and any complications.
Who knows you might get it for "free" personally once its become "unusable"...   :P

The gadget doesn't lose a lot value and kept in a pristine condition will sell quickly for a right price.
Once done, you can move on and reinvest something else.

Also, out of interest, you can find out how much it will cost to rent rather  than buy "to play around with it"


--- Quote from: ercapoccia on August 13, 2020, 05:58:33 pm ---How do you guys manage the budget for buying new equipment?

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Most important don't regret later if you have decided go ahead.

KedasProbe:
Why not ask if you can have a try-out for a week.

I don't ever expect a return in money of measure equipment but I do like them for whatever I want to figure out, so the return is in satisfying curiosity, there is no price on that.

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