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Anyone who wants to send cigarettes by post as a private person should not do this too innocently. Even if it is a moneyless transfer within Germany, you still have to pay attention to something.

The tobacco tax cannot be avoided.
The tobacco tax cannot be avoided. © Gerd Altmann / Pixelio

Sending cigarettes across borders could cause problems

  • The idea of ​​mailing cigarettes bought cheaply in a nearby foreign country to his address in order not to do so Having to take them across the border themselves, many have come and were then surprised that their parcel was being checked became. However, the control of various mail items by customs does not have much to do with bad luck, rather with the empirical values ​​of the main customs offices. Suspicious letters, parcels and parcels are placed on forbidden resp. Checked taxable content.
  • Even if the cigarettes have a valid tax stamp of the respective EU country in which they were purchased, the quantity must not indicate that these cigarettes were sent for commercial reasons became. It is essential that you adhere to the import restrictions for tobacco products of this type, which of course also apply if you send them by post.

Send tobacco products by post within Germany

  • If you want to send cigarettes by post within your own country, for whatever reason, without a background waiting to win, then this is in terms of quantity Of course, not limited if the cigarettes have a German tax stamp and thus do not serve to reduce the tax revenue of the state, which is a criminal offense Act would be.
  • However, there is one more thing to consider: tobacco products may only be given to people of legal age. A transfer of ownership by post to a minor would be a prohibited act that could be proven to you simply by addressing a minor.
  • You will also have to make sure that no one under the age of 18 in the household has the opportunity to join the adult member of this family and get hold of the cigarettes, albeit illegally can. Here, Swiss Post gives you the opportunity with your own offers to ensure that only the addressee receives the parcel and no one else.
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