I am thinking of buying a few bottles of wine from overseas which will be sent to me by post. How much tax do I have to pay?
The computation for duty and GST payable for wine and other liquor products is as follows:
(a) Duty Payable = Quantity (litre) x Duty Rate x Alcoholic Strength
(b) GST Payable = (Value of liquor product + Duty Payable) x prevailing GST rate
Total duty and GST payable = (a) Duty + (b) GST as calculated above.
The duty rate would depend on the HS Code of the liquor product. Please refer here for their respective duty rates.
For dutiable goods imported by post, SingPost will notify the consignee by letter to collect the parcel from the Singapore Post Centre. The parcel will be released upon examination of the goods by officers from Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and payment of duty and GST.
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