[meteorite-list] New UK VAT Requirements

From: Anne Black <impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:56:38 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <1247559042.847456.1610567798163_at_mail.yahoo.com>

Thank you Graham.And basically, for anything above L135, no changes.Business as usual.?

Anne BlackIMPACTIKA.comimpactika at aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Ensor via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
To: Paul Swartz <valparint at aol.com>
Cc: meteorite list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wed, Jan 13, 2021 10:19 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New UK VAT Requirements

In my experience the import charges/duty/VAT have been applied quite randomly whether or not the seller declared a correct value or not in the UK.
So sometimes I get charged and sometimes not. If stopped we then also get an extra charge from the shipping company for handling it too. So on small items the charges can be far more than what was paid for the item!
To be honest that side of things in not a problem. It is the fact our government wants the sellers in other countries to register with the UK for VAT and do the collecting of tax for them at point of sale and then forward that to the UK quarterly for smaller items below ?135 that does not seem sensible. Otherwise I think it stays the same if above ?135 and the taxes are collected at our border customs.
Graham

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 4:08 PM Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

Current EU regulations state:

Goods imported from non-member states are subject to VAT at the rate applicable in the importing member state, whether or not the goods are received for consideration and the importer. VAT is generally charged at the border, at the same time as customs duty and uses the price determined by customs.

Anybody - seller or buyer - been paying that so far?

A good thing about Brexit is you can clearly see the governmental BS instead of having it deeply buried in Brussels.

Paul Swartz

>Topic: New UK VAT Requirements
>From: Michael Farmer? ? ?(mike at meteoriteguy.com)

>Isn?t Brexit wonderful! Congrats on your ?freedom?....?

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