Apparel, electronics and jewelry: revenue auctions on goods booked at Guarulhos Airport; See how you participate | Economie

A traveler who arrives with more than $500 in overseas purchases and fails to authorize — and pay taxes — the Federal Revenue Service ends up with seized items upon arrival in Brazil. Those items end up in auctions like the one the IRS held this month.

The iPad is up for auction at Federal Revenue – Photo: Reproduction / Receita Federal

There are 63 plots of land with IT products, jewelry, clothing, electronics, bicycles, sports accessories, watches and cell phones, seized at Guarulhos Airport, in São Paulo. Among them, iPad Mini with a minimum bid of R$100, iPhone XR at R$1,000, Garmin Watch at R$400, and Fitbit Watch + Headphone at R$700. The full list of lots and minimum bids can be found here.

The auction takes place on June 28, and the IRS is receiving proposals until 8 p.m. on June 27. Both natural and legal persons can participate.

To participate, you must use a valid digital certificate to access the Virtual Taxpayer Service Center (e-CAC), service option “Electronic Auction System – SLE”, at the address www.gov.br/receitafederal.

iPhone offered at IRS auction – Image: Reproduction/Federal Revenue

It is possible to see merchandise – excluding jewelry and precious stones – at the GRU / Airport Depot, at Guarulhos Airport, on June 14 and 15 for individuals, and between June 21 and 23 for legal entities, from 9 am to 11:30 am and from 1:30 pm to 4 pm.

The address is Rodovia Hélio Smidt, s/nº, Armazém de Perdimento, located on the left side of Building No. 1. For visiting legal person.