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BREXIT - what it means for small manufacturers
fcb:
Taxes are an inevitability - and they should be collected in the most efficient manor possible. Most countries charge consumption tax - both Saudia Arabia and Dubai have recently introduced VAT.
There is a statute somewhere that prevents courier firms charging much more than it actually costs - and for sure it doesn't (or shouldn't) cost £11 to collect a VAT payment, they just have no incentive to be more efficient as the amount - if they become more efficient and make more profit on collecting taxes, the statute will force them to charge less.
Simon:
--- Quote from: fcb on December 28, 2020, 03:49:10 pm ---
There is a statute somewhere that prevents courier firms charging much more than it actually costs - and for sure it doesn't (or shouldn't) cost £11 to collect a VAT payment, they just have no incentive to be more efficient as the amount - if they become more efficient and make more profit on collecting taxes, the statute will force them to charge less.
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So what costs £11? DHL have the paperwork including the sellers invoice. The value is probably inputted to the system when the transport is arranged. How does it cost £11 to trigger a text message with a link to an automated system that I pay on? Or are DHL now going to claim that their card processor charges £10 per transaction. It's stupid.
olkipukki:
--- Quote from: fcb on December 28, 2020, 02:02:00 pm ---UK company selling a £30 thing to an EU customer on/after 1st Jan 2021:
£30.00 paid by German customer to UK company
£5.70 VAT (equivalent at some likely rubbish exchange rate) paid by German customer to German treasury via postal service or courier.
€6.00+ paid by German customer to postal service or courier for the service..
thing costs customer €33.30+€6.33+€6.00=~€45.63
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Since you have DHL and UPS accounts, you can cover a customer headache and pay any due taxes as part of shipment arrangement, isn't?
--- Quote from: fcb on December 28, 2020, 02:02:00 pm ---Can any EU forum members contribute examples of buying items from outside the EU, in particular the costs and delays incurred??
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Did you never buy anything from non-EU (US,China for example) as non-DDP delivery? :o
Simon:
--- Quote from: olkipukki on December 28, 2020, 04:12:06 pm ---Did you never buy anything from non-EU (US,China for example) as non-DDP delivery? :o
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The UK are pretty crap at bothering to collect VAT/duty hence they actually got investigated by the EU..... so no, we don't really experience paying duty/VAT very often.
olkipukki:
--- Quote from: fcb on December 28, 2020, 03:49:10 pm ---There is a statute somewhere that prevents courier firms charging much more than it actually costs - and for sure it doesn't (or shouldn't) cost £11 to collect a VAT payment, they just have no incentive to be more efficient as the amount - if they become more efficient and make more profit on collecting taxes, the statute will force them to charge less.
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Answer: defer duty payment.
As far as I know, you don't need anymore (from 1st Jan) a financial guaranteer to open a new account...
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