
Importing a Used Vehicle: Customs Value and What Gets Overlooked
Where the customs value comes from, why an invoice is not always enough and how to find out whether an imported vehicle was seriously damaged in the past.

Where the customs value comes from, why an invoice is not always enough and how to find out whether an imported vehicle was seriously damaged in the past.

How the catalogue value comes about, why online calculators give different amounts and what the catalogue cannot see on your vehicle.

Why the price from the contract is not always the tax base, where the catalogue value comes from and what you can do if the base is higher than the real value of the vehicle.

What the EDR system in a vehicle is, which data it records around a collision, how it is read out with the Bosch CDR tool and when a read out is worth requesting in disputed cases.

How a vehicle loses value over time, what diminished market value after damage is and when a formal valuation is needed.

When damage is declared a total loss, how compensation is calculated, why the value of the vehicle and the salvage value are decisive and when it pays to contest the calculation.

The difference between comprehensive kasko cover and third party liability, what full and partial cover include, what affects the price of a policy and how to compare offers.

What a compensation claim must contain, which types of loss can be claimed besides the cost of repair and what to do when the claim is rejected or reduced.

On what basis you claim compensation, what the steps are, which documents you need and what to do when the amount offered does not cover the actual damage.

When the European accident statement is filled in, when to call the police, how to complete it step by step and the mistakes that cost you later in the compensation procedure.

The catalogue value of a vehicle is the value read from the catalogue published by