taxable £18 is it for 1 item or more?

siamak_2

i just heared from some people that you have to pay tax for items over £18,i just wonder if that mean for one item over £18 or all of the items you have?let me explain more,for example if i want to import some items(about 100 items) from china and each item worth £2,do i have to pay tax because is £200 in total or dont have to pay tax because is just £2 per item and wont exceed that £18 rule?

thank you

Mikeyorks

It's the value of the consignment / package.

CKhalvashi

siamak wrote: »

i just heared from some people that you have to pay tax for items over £18,i just wonder if that mean for one item over £18 or all of the items you have?let me explain more,for example if i want to import some items(about 100 items) from china and each item worth £2,do i have to pay tax because is £200 in total or dont have to pay tax because is just £2 per item and wont exceed that £18 rule?

thank you

It’s per consignment, however this [STRIKE]would[/STRIKE] may not be as easy as breaking it into 11/12 packages.

If for business, speak to your accountant, if not, I’d chance doing several packages a week apart.

CK

Scarpacci

The low value relief limit is also £15 now, not £18. Although that would obviously not make a difference to a £200 consignment.

John_Pierpoint

The maximum allowed value of the goods for which the exception applies is set by the importing state, and can be between €10 and €22.[1] The UK has set the limit to €22 (which is £18 at the current exchange rate).

.......and due to fall further because of the fuss about buying small high value items from the Channel Islands?

In 2011 the UK Treasury announced that from 1 April 2012, LVCR will no longer apply to goods imported from the Channel Islands.

This appears to break the EU directive.


The postman will love this.

System

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

The maximum allowed value of the goods for which the exception applies is set by the importing state, and can be between €10 and €22.[1] The UK has set the limit to €22 (which is £18 at the current exchange rate).

.......and due to fall further because of the fuss about buying small high value items from the Channel Islands?

In 2011 the UK Treasury announced that from 1 April 2012, LVCR will no longer apply to goods imported from the Channel Islands.

This appears to break the EU directive.

I don't think it does. That first paragraph of Article 23 is quite clear, however the other sentence of that article says

'However, Member States may exclude goods which have been imported on mail order from the exemption provided for in the first sentence of the first subparagraph.'

appears to give the right to the member state the right to remove the exception.

The only dubious point is whether bit should be blanket across all imports or whether it can be limited to imports from a specific place.

John_Pierpoint

Must remember to get some more printer cartridges;)

dampsquib

Something else to watch out for is an admin charge levied by the carrier (for paying the tax). Often I would be happy to pay the duty due, but the Post Office's admin charge now often puts me off ordering small items from overseas on ebay and amazon.com, etc.

Scarpacci

dampsquib wrote: »

Something else to watch out for is an admin charge levied by the carrier (for paying the tax). Often I would be happy to pay the duty due, but the Post Office's admin charge now often puts me off ordering small items from overseas on ebay and amazon.com, etc.

In the case of Amazon.com you can often pre-pay the duty and pay only slightly more for delivery, so in the end it works out cheaper than custom fees + Royal Mail's £8 fee. For items sold by Amazon.com, choose Expedited Shipping and they will work out how much tax would be owed. They will refund you if the final amount is less and won't charge you if the final amount is more. I don't order much from overseas these days, but Amazon.com is the one place I still do it because of this.

custardy

dampsquib wrote: »

Something else to watch out for is an admin charge levied by the carrier (for paying the tax). Often I would be happy to pay the duty due, but the Post Office's admin charge now often puts me off ordering small items from overseas on ebay and amazon.com, etc.

well do you own clearence for free..............