Car customs clearance calculator from Acars

US car auctions are an extremely popular way to buy a vehicle in Ukraine. After all, in this way you can get a car in excellent condition at a very favorable price.

However, you should not forget about such an additional cost item as car customs clearance. In order for you to have the opportunity to know the exact price, the Acars company has developed a special car customs clearance calculator. This is a great tool to help you choose the best deal for you.

How is car customs clearance?

Before buying, you must find out what is required for customs clearance of a car in Ukraine. In general, this is a set of various documents, the list of which includes:

• passport;
• RNOKPP (identification code);
• contract for the purchase of a car;
• technical passport;
• confirmation of deregistration of the car in the country of sale.

If the car is not imported for oneself, a notarial power of attorney is also required. So, you have learned what documents are required for customs clearance. However, it is also worth understanding the main stages of the procedure, since each of them significantly affects the price of the vehicle.

So, the process includes:

1. 1Determining the cost of a car. This includes the price for which the buyer received the car, as well as the cost of services for its transportation. It is from the amount of these costs that all taxes will be calculated.
2. 2Calculation of excise tax. It is based on the volume of the engine of the vehicle, as well as its year of manufacture. The older the car and the bigger the engine, the higher the amount of excise tax will be.
3. 3Calculation of import duty and VAT. Import duty is 10% of the value of the vehicle, and VAT is 20%. As mentioned above, the value of the vehicle is the sum of the price of the car and services for its transportation.

Why should you use a calculator?

Why is the customs clearance calculator a very useful tool if you are going to buy a car in the USA? First of all, because with its help you can calculate absolutely all expenses for the vehicle. This will allow you to accurately assess how profitable it is to buy a particular car.

For example, buying a used car can turn out to be a much more expensive pleasure than ordering a new and more comfortable car, but with a smaller engine capacity. Calculating this in advance based only on the available information is quite a difficult task that will require some effort on your part. As well as knowledge of how excise taxes are calculated for certain vehicles.

In contrast, the calculator allows you to automatically calculate the cost of customs clearance in a few seconds. To do this, you only need to provide all the necessary information.

How to use the calculator

If you are interested in how to determine the cost of clearing a car using our calculator, the whole process is extremely simple.

To find out the full cost of the machine, you need to go to the calculator page and enter the following information:

• car make and model;
• the cost of the car;
• auction (eg Copart or IAAI)
• body type (sedan, station wagon, SUV, etc.);
• year of production of the car;
• volume and type of engine (gasoline, diesel, electric, hybrid);
• the cost of repair works in Ukraine;
• auction platform (where exactly the car is located in the USA);
• the port of loading the car onto the ship.

Based on this data, the calculator will be able to give you the full amount that you will have to spend on the vehicle in just a few seconds. This will allow you to understand how profitable the purchase will be in this particular case.