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| 807:
The £135 limit is for when you start paying customs duty as well as VAT. Under £135 it's just VAT. There used to be a VAT exempt value at one time, for low cost items, but it looks like it's been scrapped? I've had occasions in the past when I've got away with not paying VAT on imported stuff, but when you do have to pay it, you get stung for the £12-£15 "handling" or "processing" fee, or whatever they call it. At least paying VAT in advance, as I've recently done buying stuff from China on eBay & Aliexpress, it saves the extra £12-£15. I wonder how HMRC know which parcels have had VAT pre-paid & which ones haven't? |
| Fungus:
DHL doesn't care. If they can get £11 for scanning a bar code they'll push it through whatever bullshit system they need to. If you want to waste hours of your life reclaiming then you're free to try. |
| switchabl:
--- Quote from: 807 on November 04, 2022, 08:17:53 pm ---I wonder how HMRC know which parcels have had VAT pre-paid & which ones haven't? --- End quote --- In the EU, if a (non-EU) seller collects VAT under the new IOSS scheme (for shipments <150€), they have to add their IOSS VAT number to the customs declaration. Not sure if it works the same way in the UK. The UK system seems heavily inspired by IOSS but UK goverment communication is a lot less clear and while the EU scheme is optional, the UK seemingly wants to force overseas sellers to collect VAT themselves. If that is indeed the case, frankly, for most small businesses it is probably not worth the hassle and they might be better off selling through eBay or Amazon (and let them handle VAT), imposing a minimum order value of 135£ or restricting UK business to Northern Ireland. Also, if they actually go through with replacing all of the retained EU law, things might get a lot more complicated. For example, if they change product safety standards, you might not be able to sell your product to the UK at all without separate compliance testing. |
| pope:
--- Quote from: switchabl on November 04, 2022, 08:56:10 pm --- For example, if they change product safety standards, you might not be able to sell your product to the UK at all without separate compliance testing. --- End quote --- They already have. It's called UKCA. |
| themadhippy:
--- Quote ---They already have. It's called UKCA. --- End quote --- nope,we almost have,the ce mark is still valid up until 31 dec 2022, unless its coming from northern ireland were the ce mark will still be acceptable |
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