BajaNomad - Anyone ever declared more then $10,000.00

Anyone ever declared more then $10,000.00

nobaddays - 10-10-2007 at 05:33 AM

I was wondering what the proceedures are for declaring more then $10,000.00 on your customs form when entering Mexico.

Bob and Susan - 10-10-2007 at 05:39 AM

oooohhhh yea baby....

you'll need a customs broker and open the wallet :lol:

i suggest to get a USA broker
he'll do the piediemto (green sheet)
and you'll cross ... no problem

contact the broker IN ADVANCE...

this week we're bringing across some more "plastic fence"

here's a contact...

[Edited on 10-10-2007 by Bob and Susan]

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nobaddays - 10-10-2007 at 06:28 AM

actually I was reffering to more then $10,000.00 in cash. Thanks

DENNIS - 10-10-2007 at 06:31 AM

Why would you do that?

nobaddays - 10-10-2007 at 06:36 AM

to get to the other side !!! no really, I sold a boat, received cash, want to buy another in cabo for cash.

vandenberg - 10-10-2007 at 06:51 AM

In the 90's we built a home here, brought lots of cash, did large bank money transfers and were never questioned about any of it.
The only drawback nowadays I can see is, with the curent rash of robberies, the danger of carrying that much cash. Better keep it in your moccasins. :wow:

Alan - 10-10-2007 at 07:05 AM

No worries. By the time they finish with you at the border you will have much less than $10,000 :lol:

CaboRon - 10-10-2007 at 07:14 AM

What is your date of departure and itinerary? :wow:

Bob and Susan - 10-10-2007 at 07:16 AM

:lol:

longlegsinlapaz - 10-10-2007 at 07:57 AM

The official procedure is to check the "YES" box on the form your required to fill out on the plane......the ramifications of what happens when that "YES" box is checked is a scary unknown! The fact they ask that question, tells me someone somewhere along the line is going to want a chunk of it in one form or another!! Have you considered wire transferring it down to yourself or a trusted friend & being able to relax on your flight? There is also Western Union. Fees for either might be well worth the stress of carrying that kind of $$$ on your person!

Call the airlines & ASK....or call a travel agent....if they ask, just give your name as Juan Dough! :bounce:

To everything, there is a season

fdt - 10-10-2007 at 08:35 AM

I used to declare when going to the US when we had the hotels in Rosarito (pre9/11) as our weekly rent during high season was up to 32,000 dollars (yes I wrote weekly), as we went across we told the customs officer we needed to declare X ammount and we were directed to secondary, we filled the IRS form and done, they don't count your money or even look at it (at least not back then), now to enter México, you must fill out a form also and it's here :
http://www.aduanas.sat.gob.mx/aduana_mexico/2007/A_Body_Pasa...
Edit for PS
PS no need to lie, that is when they get you!

[Edited on 10-10-2007 by fdt]

Cap - 10-10-2007 at 08:43 AM

There are other (much easier) ways that don't involve taxing entities. Send me a PM if you want some ideas.

fdt - 10-10-2007 at 08:55 AM

The entities I mentioned do not tax.

Moving Cash

MrBillM - 10-10-2007 at 08:58 AM

The Downside to NOT declaring and being caught is pretty severe, but the odds are in your favor.

On two occasions over the last few years, while crossing Northbound at the Mexicali East Garita, I have seen the U.S. authorities routing EVERY vehicle into the Secondary area before allowing them to continue South. The purpose was exactly what you're talking about. Attempting to intercept those moving cash. On one occasion after these rare periodic checks, I read in the newspaper that they had caught one vehicle in which there was over $100K in cash that couldn't be explained.

BUT, the odds of being caught are pretty long and, if so, write it off to experience.

Cap - 10-10-2007 at 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by fdt
The entities I mentioned do not tax.

The IRS doesn't tax? hmmmm :?:

sancho - 10-10-2007 at 11:12 AM

Reminds me of a time walking up to
the turnstiles at San Ysidro, to catch a bus to La Paz,
I believe it was the SDPD there,
big shaved headed cop,
wanted to know if I had more than
$10000 in cash on me, proceded
to xray my bag and was
concerned with an odd shaped object,
might be a gun? no just a
banana to eat on the bus ride

fdt - 10-10-2007 at 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cap

Quote:

Originally posted by fdt
The entities I mentioned do not tax.

The IRS doesn't tax? hmmmm :?:

They have been known to confiscate planes, throu pilots in jail for smuggling but not for taxing money that a traveler reports at borders. :rolleyes:

osoflojo - 10-10-2007 at 12:05 PM

The $10,000 reporting requirement of the Bank Secrecy Act does not carry with it a taxing provision. As Fernando indicated only a reporting requirement. If somehow caught without making the reporting you could stand to lose all or part of it.

Cap - 10-10-2007 at 12:51 PM

I stand corrected, Now I am moving all of my money (none) out of the country tax free!! :lol:

All jokes aside, I think if you stopped and pondered the whole picture some unsaid aspects would come to mind. I am not advocating moving large mounts of cash across the border without reporting them, just be aware of ALL of the ramifications of doing so.

motoged - 10-10-2007 at 02:02 PM

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Originally posted by Cap
I stand corrected, Now I am moving all of my money (none) out of the country tax free!! :lol:

Cap,
Hmmmm....fly low...land on roads....??!!??!!

I see you are in the "transportation" business :lol:

I met a guy in San Juanico who was loaded with tattoos and indicated that he had been (probably still was) in the transportation business in SouCal.

Probably international shipment of flowers and nasal treatments.

Cap - 10-10-2007 at 03:09 PM

Nope, not in that business, Or the transportation business.
I get that one all of the time though, and I like how you describe the cargo, clever.

I guess I never thought how that signature sounds to Baja folk, it is from a back country pilot forum. It is WAY illegal to land on roads in Mexico, and in a lot of states in the US.

fdt - 10-10-2007 at 04:06 PM

Nasal treatments :lol:

woody with a view - 10-10-2007 at 04:48 PM

nasal treatments???? :?:

i've heard of nasal harvests.... :light: