ParcelForce Clearance Fee

Hintza

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

Nothing worse that a smart ar5e who also has their facts wrong.

Show me a link please.

Hermione_Granger

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/news/removal-lvcr.htm

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/tiin/tiin874.pdf


It's been the case for over two years that the £15 low value consignment relief doesn't apply to imports from the Channel islands.

wealdroam

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/news/removal-lvcr.htm

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/tiin/tiin874.pdf


It's been the case for over two years that the £15 low value consignment relief doesn't apply to imports from the Channel islands.

But doesn't that first link seem to say that in the majority of cases the vat will be charged by the seller and not levied at the time of importation?

See here:

Most companies based in the Channel Islands benefit from an HMRC trade facilitation measure, the 'Import VAT Accounting Scheme' which allows automatic collection of UK import VAT at source. Packages are not delayed at international postal sorting offices as an assessment is made of the VAT due and the end consumer avoids an £8 surcharge to cover Royal Mail's administrative costs.

So it still appears unlikely that a £1.50 vat charge plus an £8 admin fee would be charged.

Hintza

Thanks wealdroam, I had done my research and that was my conclusion too. HG was being pedantic.

Hermione_Granger

Hintza wrote: »

Thanks wealdroam, I had done my research and that was my conclusion too. HG was being pedantic.

Call me pedantic if its easier than admitting that you were wrong but it is a fact that there is no £15 limit for imports from the Channel Islands so it is possible for a buyer to end up with a £1.50 VAT + clearance fee if the seller in question is not signed up to the trade facilitation agreement.
There are ebay and Amazon sellers who are selling as private individuals and not as part of a business and they will not have any option to prepay VAT.

Are you another of the posters who for some reason finds it very hard to admit when they have made a factually incorrect post such as the one below?

The threshold for VAT is £15 therefore the minimum VAT payable would be £3. Therefore your example of having to pay £1.50 VAT +£8 clearance is wrong.

So it can't happen then?

http://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Buying-on-eBay/hi-I-have-recently-purchased-a-jacket-from-Guernsey/qaq-p/3247975

the parcel has a customs charge for £1.70 for VAT and a £8.00 handling fee,

JReacher1

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

Call me pedantic

You're pedantic

Hermione_Granger

JReacher1 wrote: »

You're pedantic

But correct!

shaun_from_Africa

Speaking from experience, I can say with 100% certainty that low value items from Guernsey can and do incur VAT as well as a RM handling fee of £8.

Earlier this year I wanted a couple of mobile phone cases and the only seller who had what I wanted was in Guernsey, The cases were £9 each inclusive of P&P and they were posted individually. (I asked the seller why this was and he told me that the cases were already packed in jiffybags ready for posting.)
One was delivered with nothing to pay but the second one was chosen for duty and I had to pay £9.80 to get the case. (£1.80 VAT and £8 for Royal mail.

I knew about the possibility of this before ordering so it wasn't a surprise and I'm just glad that both packages were not picked out.

Hermione_Granger

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

Are you another of the posters who for some reason finds it very hard to admit when they have made a factually incorrect post such as the one below?

As you don't want to comment further, the answer to the question above appears to be yes.

Hurtlocker

As I reluctantly prepare to pay FEDEX £12 for paying a nominal amount of tax on my behalf, it struck me how little choice I had but to pay them, even though I would have potentially gone with a different carrier.

I would like to see these mail handling charges (typically £12 but vary from £1.50 to hundreds as % of item value) regulated.

We (recipients) have no freedom of choice, and the lack of competition has resulted in what can only be described as cartel pricing which both senders and recipients have very little knowledge or control over (indeed may not even be aware until they have been charged the first time!)


..and now, off I go to pay! :mad: