Customs duty
 

bought from USA 2nd off ebay goods worth 17 quid , and then postage another 17 , then fiver customs

and 8 for post office


Cant wait for brexit ....:rolleyes:

Bought a job lot of parts from USA for my truck so have spares for years. With express 2 day delivery it was cheaper than one years year's worth of spares ordered from a UK supplier .Can't wait for Brexit :thumb:

This is the first iv actually NEEDED that couldnt get this side the pond ,just about ever !


Just how is this ever going to work !

Anything under £15 should be free of duty.
The handling fee is the deal breaker, but I got a sti tower bar over a bank holiday with no duty!

Anything under £135 pays no duty, so you were ripped off by most likely the Post office. I have stopped using cheap delivery options, because of spurious charges. Check out .gov.uk for vat and duties

So whos going to pay that 8 quid when we leave EU

Just exactly what you have done this time. You have stated you couldn't get it anywhere else, so had to pay to get it elsewhere. The prices from abroad will probably cancel out a lot of duty costs until FTA/WTO are ironed out

So what youre saying is that all things considered , buying from USA or EU will be roughly similar in price ?


And doesnt this add more airmiles , thus pollution...!

There is Import Duty and then there is VAT which is also payable on gooods and postage.

Goods under £15 do not attact VAT or import duty (although VAT may still be payable on the postage?).

Anything under £135 does not attract IMPORT DUTY but does attract VAT for both item and postage

dpd's example above - he got of lightly as VAT payable should have been £6.80 depending upon the exchange rates used.

You will still pay the admin/clearance charge to the import agent beit Parcelforce, Fedex, DHL, UPS etc. etc.

Currently buying from Europe still attracts VAT as it is paid up front in the price. (some Euro countries only charge 19% so slightly cheaper)

The people doing the Brexit deals are probably the same people who did the Carillion deals.

So no problem there.

Trade deal with trump FTW :thumb:

The reason you've ended up falling foul of the import VAT threshold is because they've based it on the total of goods value plus shipping cost (this is standard practice when importing anything).

Actual thresholds are £18 for import VAT, and £120 for import duty. The second of those is the same limit that applies for bringing goods back with you from US in your luggage. "Used" but unboxed iPads, laptops, etc that still look in almost new condition obviously don't count ;)

See https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad for all details.


Edit:
Seems I was mistaken in original post. Threshold was lowered from £18 to £15 a few years ago, and shipping cost is only added on to item value to calculate VAT/import duty amount due, if and when item value alone exceeds the threshold. Minefield indeed :freak3:

It's a veritable minefield; If/When the exchange rate improves I'll be importing a new gearbox. Its not going to be cheap without the extra duty. :freak3:

Current charges

http://clarkdh.net23.net/NTL/Import%20charge.jpg

My goods were from liquidation sale , so no hiding anything i imagine

Once we leave the EU we will have our own Customs import Duty, so it will still cost to import from Overseas Countries

Correct, I've collected £16 today for a invoice value of £77 and another one for £53 with invoice value of about £200.
It's import duty, vat and customs fee and admin etc. DHL btw.

For those wishing a simple duty/VAT calculator bookmark this link

https://www.simplyduty.com/import-calculator/

A good import VAT/Duty guide

https://www.parcelforce.com/help-and...ees-calculated