llamatron Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 There are rather a lot of taxes and fees to add to a personal import. Customs take the purchase price plus freight costs and charge an import tax depending on the type of goods. This tax is usually only about 2 to 5%. To the new total they add VAT at 20%. The total tax will be paid on your behalf by the importers (probably Royal Mail). They will add their fee for this service and send a bill. Once this is paid the goods will be delivered. On occassions the package can slip through without any additional charges. It doesn't happen very often. You just need to ask yourself "Do I feel lucky"... doh you posted while I was writing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 ah the royal mail website was much easier to follow than the hm customs one. It says the packet will be liable for import vat+handling fee. just need to find out what import vat would be? 20% of (the value of the item plus post and packing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karis Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 It's really simple, as Rupert has said: it's 20% of the value of the item (converted to £s) + any handling fee, which, if it's Parcelforce doing the handling will be £8.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 It's really simple, as Rupert has said: it's 20% of the value of the item (converted to £s) + any handling fee, which, if it's Parcelforce doing the handling will be £8.00 so import vat is charged instead of vat? and both are 20%? I have found some similar ones in the netherlands for £130 hmmmmm I think the american ones will still be cheaper but maybe its less hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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