International Women’s Club of Lugano
IWCL
Useful Links
IWCL is a member of the Federation of Anglo Swiss Clubs
Forums:
English Forum - Community portal for English-speaking people in Switzerland
Resources:
Book Nook - Ticino’s English-language lending library and used book seller
Expat Woman - is the largest global website helping women living overseas. The site displays more than 1,000 quality content pages, over 1,200 expat women blogs, nearly 300 readers' stories, invaluable country resource pages, interviews with successful expat women, loads of motivational articles and an inspirational blog and monthly newsletter.
Swiss Post Office Post Office and Customs Charges.
Did you know that when you order goods from overseas or receive a parcel as a gift that has a value of CHF98.- there is NO import tax or Value Added Tax (IVA) to pay.
However, if you order goods from overseas OR if you receive a parcel (gift) from overseas and the value of a shipment is greater than CHF99.- you will have to pay (7.6% IVA) Value Added Tax AND Customs duty on the TOTAL amount.
The value for books, medicine and vitamins may be up to CHF208.- and are free of taxes and duty.
Anything over CHF209.- will be charged import tax and value added tax of 2.4%
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