Area: Finance
Competent authority: MF, MGRT
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 827
Initiative accepted and completed: '2017-09-01'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2017-08-29'
Initiative published: '2017-08-29'
Initiative submitted: '2017-08-23'
Response from the competent authority: "Reply from the Ministry of Finance (June 2019):In\
  \ the process of customs clearance of goods, Po\u0161ta Slovenija may act as a declarant\
  \ in the customs procedure, which means that in this case the amount of duties incurred\
  \ on import and other services provided by Po\u0161ta Slovenija are paid to the\
  \ declarant. We believe that the purpose of the initiative has been achieved by\
  \ abolishing the billing of the service by UPN and introducing the possibility of\
  \ card payment of the amount of duties and the costs of the own service upon delivery\
  \ of the consignment to the addressee.We would also add that as of 1 January 2021,\
  \ the VAT exemption for purchases up to EUR 22 will be abolished with the amendment\
  \ of the VAT legislation at the EU level.We would like to add that the VAT exemption\
  \ for purchases up to EUR 22 will be abolished with the amendment of the VAT legislation\
  \ at the EU level. This also implies a change in the way VAT is paid, which will\
  \ be payable by the seller (e.g. via different platforms) before the goods are delivered\
  \ to the recipient in Slovenia. This means that duty payments will not only be made\
  \ via the Post Office of Slovenia.Reply from the Ministry of Economic Development\
  \ and Technology (September 2017):\r\nThe Ministry of Economic Development and Technology\
  \ fully supports the initiative to administratively relieve or simplify the procedures\
  \ related to the provision of customs brokerage services and the payments arising\
  \ therefrom. For shipments where there is no customs status, VAT and/or customs\
  \ in the background, dealing with modern payment instruments is not complex and\
  \ controversial, but when official administrative procedures are required in cases\
  \ of errors, refunds or other requests, modernisation should be approached with\
  \ extreme care and careful consideration.\r\nPlease be informed that an electronic\
  \ payment procedure is being prepared by Posta Slovenije and FURS, on the basis\
  \ of which online payment for consignments with customs status is expected to be\
  \ available in 2018.Reply from the Ministry of Finance (September 2017):In recent\
  \ years, the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, together with\
  \ Posta Slovenije, has carried out a number of modernisations in the implementation\
  \ of customs procedures with postal consignments. In the process of customs clearance\
  \ of goods, Post Slovenije can act as a declarant in the customs procedure, which\
  \ means that in this case the duties incurred on import and other services provided\
  \ by Post Slovenije are paid to the declarant. Payment to Post Slovenije as declarant\
  \ is made by means of a universal payment order (UPN) upon receipt of the consignment.\
  \ Based on the information received from the Financial Administration of the Republic\
  \ of Slovenia, in order to increase efficiency and speed up the delivery of parcels,\
  \ Post Slovenije is already preparing the possibility of electronic payment of invoices."
Text file: 827.txt
Title: Payment of customs duties on postal items from abroad
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=827
