Juha wrote:Not in Finland, and I suspect it won't work over there either. If you could avoid the tax by marking a package as a gift, there would soon be only "gifts" going back and forth over the Atlantic. Not a situation customs officials would be happy with.
No business would put the package down as a gift for obvious reasons, but packages between individuals valued at $50 or so tend to pass under the radar, not necessarily legal but......................................