custom charges question

blaque*angel

Hintza wrote: »

OK VAT plus possibly import duty (not usually that much so I will just round up to cover it) plus a clearance fee.

If possible get sent by the US Postal Service and not a courier they tend to think of a number and double it).

VAT is also supposed to be paid on the P+P element but is not always so to take a worst case scenario.

$245 = £160.


VAT= £28
Royal Mail Clearance Fee= £12

So your total will be less than £45 but you never know it might not get stopped.

Thank you so much, you are a star:beer:

custardy

blaque*angel wrote: »

Hmm, how comes you do not get charged when it is books?:)

same as you dont pay VAT on them here

FYI,RM's fee is £8

JasonLVC

TARIC code
Description
Footnote
3401 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent-
3402 Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 3401-
- 3402 11 - Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale-
- 3402 20 - Preparations put up for retail sale-
- 3402 90 - Other

I'm working on the assumption these are natural lotions/creams and oil for the body. The TARIC codes for organic soap and body lotions (whether containing soap or not) are more or less the same and I am also assuming these are 'put up for sale', that is you are importing a finished product (bottle of body lotion) rather than the individual components (ie, you're not importing bottles of oils and then mixing them yourself).

If that is the case, the Duty is 4% of whatever the total cost of the goods plus P&P are. Then VAT at 17.5% will be added on top of that so :-

$245 total cost = about £160 (give or take exchange rates)

So £160 * 4% import duty = £6.40

So £160 + £6.40 = £166.40

add VAT at 17.5% onto £166.40 = £29.12

So total cost will be £160+£6.40+£29.12 = £195.52

Plus the Royal Mail handling charge of £8 to give a total cost of £203.52

Assuming HMRC stop the parcel, it could get waved through and so no duty/VAT is charged. Do you feel lucky?.

Hintza wasn't far off, so respect due!.

blaque*angel

so £45 or less then?

i'm a very lucky lady jason lvc

Hintza

custardy wrote: »

same as you dont pay VAT on them here

FYI,RM's fee is £8

Tx Custardy couldn't remember so erred on high side.

It used to be £4.

custardy

Hintza wrote: »

Tx Custardy couldn't remember so erred on high side.

It used to be £4.

i wouldnt be surprised if its rises soon

Kite2010

custardy wrote: »

same as you dont pay VAT on them here

FYI,RM's fee is £8

Plus £1 for a handling fee from the sorting-office

custardy

Kite2010 wrote: »

Plus £1 for a handling fee from the sorting-office

nope,£1 is the fee for underpaid postage

Kite2010

custardy wrote: »

nope,£1 is the fee for underpaid postage

So my local sorting office has been ripping me off with an extra £1 whenever one of my imports gets picked up by customs :mad:

custardy

Kite2010 wrote: »

So my local sorting office has been ripping me off whenever one of my imports gets picked up by customs :mad:

well every item carries a full breakdown of charges from HMRC/RM

so either you havent read the total or you havent read what that grey card actually says