Darius Kedros Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Does anyone have an idea about the rules on shipping/importing my musical equipment into Australia? I have a home recording studio full of equipment & instruments, and as i am a sound engineer i guess it would technically be regarded as business equipment, and not personal effects. Any ideas on where i stand with this please? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I'm a former professional sound operator, now with a fairly elaborate home studio (but no instruments). I had a similar worry--most of my gear is of pro quality (digital mixer, 20+ mics all good ones, 30 metre 24 way snake, etc. I enquired and was told that, as long as it was for home use and I could demonstrate I'd owned it all for at least a year, there'd be no problem. I had all the receipts, invoices etc. and was scrupulous about being honest on values. Not a bit of trouble with customs--the only thing they worried about was one of my wife's wooden Christmas ornaments. So, you should be okay. Good luck--and bring as much as you can. Quality gear is silly expensive down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Kedros Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Thanks Bobbsy So do you know if there are different rules for business equipment? Say if you are a freelance self employed carpenter, do you need to declare your tools separately as business related tools, or what? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 That I can't help you with since I was already retired when I made the move. However, I've seen many a thread on PIO about carpenters etc. bringing their tools along with them (and never noticed a discussion of a problem) so I assume there are ways to deal with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Kedros Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Thank you Bobbsy, Much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandJon Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Jon brought over a stack of equipment (mostly his 7 million guitars and associated amps and all the other stuff) and everything in the container was fine. He airfreighted out his big amp & cab and I think the shipper f*&ked up the declaration because he ended up getting charged tax on it!!! GRRRRRRR (and yes he'd owned it for longer than 12 months). He needed it for a gig, so just paid the bill and to get the stuff, but I still get grumpy thinking about it. Sorry I digress - he uses his gear to earn money (although he also has a real job too) and it's all good. If you're happy with it, then ship it - music gear that you really like can be hard to replace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Kedros Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Thanks Jo, much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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