Bringing electronic from Japan

[3rdnode]

I am living in Japan at the moment but actually reside in the uk. I am curious about bringing things back from the Japan as I hear of taxes imposed on imported goods. Some items are quite big but will fit in a suit case.
Do I need to declare them to customs? and if I do, will I be taxed? If I ship them home will I be taxed?

Thanks

[Adrock]

First, you should by law declare them but some people dont, thats upto you to take the risk, i aint sure if there is a penalty with not declaring. I *think* you would be taxed about 20% (17.5% VAT and 2.5% import duty) And if you ship them home you would most probably be taxed unless you sent them to yourself as a gift, although im not sure on the limit on that. If it is shipped and then taxed you have to pay handling fee's, which are around ?10.

[sam1981]

You could probably send some of your stuff back to your friend and relatives as 'gifts'.

[wod]

also when sending them to the uk couldn't u mark the box/boxes "repaired" or something ?