Citywire

Apologies if this question has been asked and answered before, but can someone tell me what duty would be paid if a TV was brought into Turkey?

I was actually thinking of taking a 15'' LCD in as hand luggage (I doubt it would make it ok if I put it in a suitcase) but if I am going to have to pay tax on it, would it be worth the trouble?

Thanks

Yildez

Earlier this rear I took a 19" flat screen TV in my main luggage - a hard shell suitcase. I wrapped it in bubblewrap and padded either side with T shirts etc. I also took a small DVD player in my hand luggage, and got it out as you do a laptop as I went through UK security. No problems, and no duty.

rosewall1

Put it in your suitcase and wrap a towel and various other padding round it. We once brought a complete Bose Hi Fi system back from USA and packed that in cases. No problems

Gail

I did very similar, I brought a 5.1 surround sound in my luggage, I wrapped it up in towels and it arrived safely.

kaplumba

It's still illegal to do that though and you would be stung heavily for tax if caught.

thurstan

but whats the point? you can buy an lcd tv in Turkey

Thurstan

kaplumba

You're right Thurstan and it would be my luck to get caught. I think they are much cheaper in UK though.

Yildez

In 20 years of travelling to Turkey and arriving in many different airports I have never been asked to open my bags. Going out - yes, several times have been taken to a closed room with security staff who have gone through my dirty undies!

And yes they are much cheaper! As are DVD players.

kaplumba

I too have travelled many times to many airports and have only been stopped once. I was asked what was in a large package, it was a mirror and they were ok about that without asking me to open it. My point is though that importing electrical items into Turkey without paying tax is illegal and it's a bit unfair telling people who ask on this forum that it's ok when it isn't and they could be the one in a million who get caught.