VAT on overseas purchases
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- Baskerville
Does anyone know if I buy something from a store in the US (via their website) and they ship it to the UK. Do I have to pay VAT separately? How does that get charged?
- toulouz0
technically the answer is yes. but i've bought loads on ebay from hong kong, oz plus usa and never been charged.
the only time i got charged vat was on a dell monitor from states. it was still only just over half of the uk dell price even with vat.
- Nairn0
Fuck the VAT man
&
Fuck Ray Wooley
- ribit0
i thought you paid import duty, (not VAT) when importing?
VAT is collected by the seller, not directly paid by the buyer.
- lofielectronic0
Depends on what the item you've bought is worth, I think the limit is about 30 quid.
Bought a lot of records and such, only ever got charged once on a box set thing.
- Baskerville0
hmmm, yes well import duty then. What if the item is like £2000. I suppose the duty would be hard to avoid. Just trying to weigh up buying something in the US and shipping over buying here.
I think that even with duty etc it comes out to about half the UK price. We really do get screwed here in the UK.
- nicklewi0
i thought you paid import duty, (not VAT) when importing?
VAT is collected by the seller, not directly paid by the buyer.
ribit
(Jul 26 06, 04:55)that is correct. VAT is only applicable in the EU.
You should be paying import duty unless it is a gift.
- karlo0
I bought some burton gloves
and
some sunglasses
from dogfunk.com
They both came in their own box
I had to pay UPS about 15/20 for each package - HANDLING
AND
pay the vat on top
I have bought guitar strings from US from a store and have been charged duty
another time I didnt have to pay any
Fuck knows - It swings in round abouts
Ta
Karlo
- paraselene0
We really do get screwed here in the UK.
Baskerville
(Jul 26 06, 05:41)well, we earn 2-3 times more than they do and if you get hit by a car, you aren't just left to die in the street.
- kelpie0
fuck that shite Para, my tabs cost me 4x as much, that's sick, god damn that country
- Baskerville0
True para, and we don't have stupid accents (well some of us at least).
I obviously meant the amount we pay for american products here. Although I'm sure Barbour jackets and the like are more in the US!
- paraselene0
mostly just playing devil's advocate. it's true, the markup seems drastic, but this is one of the grey areas of the global economy.
should you pay only what your ipod is worth in its country of origin?
should you pay only what your coffee is worth in its country of origin?