James, That tax only applies to utility vehicles such as Doka's and Singlecabs. Passenger vans and campers should be right around 10% after $800 exemption. Of course, States will tack on their "use tax" but that applies to used vehicles bought in the US too.
BenT sent from my electronic leash > On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:46 PM, James <jk_eaton@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Of course, importing a new VW California into the US, you've have to pay the 25% 'chicken tax' import tariff. |
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