margokp@aol.com wrote: > Back in the day when my parents would send packages to family in > Hungary, we could only to newly married couples or to retired persons > as they wouldn't have to pay the heavy tax on them. > > Now with the governmental changes.... what are the rules? Do people > still pay a tax? > > Margo KP > > (Koroknay - Ivan - Eory - Bocsi - Karikas) They call it duty, Margo, over there (which exists, by the way, in all countries). Presently the value limit is much higher - above which duty is due - than it was under the communists, but still exists: you can't send a computer system or a Cadillac for example, free of charge! :-) Can't cite you figures, but most average gift packages make it free of duty. Joe Equinunk, PA - USA jjarfas@ezaccess.net --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by ezaccess.net]