Fed ex charging me money

yangptangkipperbang

Furkan wrote: »

But why, when I'm not in a contract with them?

You are not in a contract with HMRC at Gatwick - does that mean the Customs rules don't apply to you ?

frugal_mike

Just reading on the hmrc website, gifts under £36 are exempt from VAT, and gifts over £36 do not have VAT charged on shipping. Did your friend mark it as a gift?

A guide to international post users

If not then near the bottom of that page (section 3.6) there is information on how to query a custom charge. It gives incorrectly stated item values as an example, so maybe you'll have some luck with your item being incorrectly labelled as not a gift.

visidigi

zenmaster wrote: »

Not so. The importer is liable for the charges.

If they wish to defer charges to the exporter then this must be arranged between themselves and HMRC beforehand.

Terms and Conditions of Carriage for FedEx are such that the sender defined on the airway bill are responsible.

This is because FedEx prepays the duties and taxes owed and recoups them from the contracted party.

As per the rear of the FedEx invoice that just landed on my desk this morning, here's the Duties and Taxes explanation (its printed on the back of every FedEx invoice, including the one the OP got)...

How are my Duties and Taxes Calculated
Charges for importation are assessed and levied by Customs and paid by FedEx on your behalf. They assess these as follows:

The total Value of the Goods is converted into UK Sterling by dividing this value by the rate of exchange (set monthly by HM Revenue and Customs).

Where the carriage charges are not shown on the commercial invoice an element of the cost of transporting the goods into the UK is added by HM Revenue and Customs. The total value of the goods plus the freight charge are added together to give the customs value for duty to be assessed.

This duty is assessed at the % rate applicable to that commodity, as set by HM Revenue and Customers. This duty figure is then added to the Customs Value in UK Sterling to give a value for the VAT calculation.

visidigi

frugal_mike wrote: »

Just reading on the hmrc website, gifts under £36 are exempt from VAT, and gifts over £36 do not have VAT charged on shipping. Did your friend mark it as a gift?

A guide to international post users

If not then near the bottom of that page (section 3.6) there is information on how to query a custom charge. It gives incorrectly stated item values as an example, so maybe you'll have some luck with your item being incorrectly labelled as not a gift.

Querying a charge will result in a fee for reassessment - greater than the charges outlined here.

frugal_mike

visidigi wrote: »

Querying a charge will result in a fee for reassessment - greater than the charges outlined here.

Really? Well they certainly don't make that clear on that website.

visidigi

frugal_mike wrote: »

Really? Well they certainly don't make that clear on that website.

You wouldn't query it with HMRC, they didn't pay it, you would query it with FedEx. FedEx has to pay a reassessment fee.

The OP didn't deal direct with HMRC - the op dealt with the courier, its similar to the way manufacturer/retail works on rights.

Heliflyguy

visidigi wrote: »

You wouldn't query it with HMRC

Sorry but that's exactly who you would query it with, I have done it myself and received a refund.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2265967

penrhyn

Only one who can sort this out is........Wilson!

visidigi

Heliflyguy wrote: »

Sorry but that's exactly who you would query it with, I have done it myself and received a refund.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2265967

The OP doesnt want to pay it, you had to pay it to claim it back.

That is a key difference.

Heliflyguy

Now your splitting hairs, you were wrong to say that you wouldn't query it with HMRC...admit it.