customs charges

Hintza

THis is a good example for newbies to look at and check all the telltale signs.

For the possible real location of an item. If in doubt ask the seller.

39bello

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Duty and VAT must be paid on all items with a declared value over a set limit will be taxed.
For merchandise the limit is £18
For items marked as gift it's £35

To work out how much you will have to pay please follow the steps below:

[NB: Purchase Price Abroad (PPA) = cost (inc. any local Sales Taxes) + postage, packing and/or freight + insurance]

1. Look up the item’s Duty Rate % and VAT %.
2. Multiply the Purchase Price Abroad (PPA) by the Duty Rate %. This gives you the amount of Duty to be paid. Call this AMOUNT A.
3. Add AMOUNT A to the PPA and multiply the result by the VAT %. This will give you the amount of VAT to be paid. Call this AMOUNT B.
4. Add AMOUNTS A & B together and that will be how much you have to pay.

For example:

You have to pay duty & VAT on some Compact Discs. The total cost of these CDs was £100 sterling. Following the steps above:

1. The Duty Rate is 3.5% and VAT is 17.5%.
2. £100 x 3.5% = £3.50. This is AMOUNT A.
3. £100 + £3.50 = £103.50 x 17.5% = £18.11. This is AMOUNT B.
4. £3.50 + £18.11 = £21.61.

You would pay a total of £21.61.

The duty rate for games is the same as CD's- 3.5%.



On top of that amount you will have to pay an admin fee. This is dressed up as many different things but amount to the same thing- the postal agents fees for getting it through customs in the 1st place. The cost varies from each agent:

Royal Mail charge £4
Parcel Force charge £8
Parcel Force with EMS £13.50
UPS charge £11

custardy

39bello wrote: »

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Duty and VAT must be paid on all items with a declared value over a set limit will be taxed.
For merchandise the limit is £18
For items marked as gift it's £35

To work out how much you will have to pay please follow the steps below:

[NB: Purchase Price Abroad (PPA) = cost (inc. any local Sales Taxes) + postage, packing and/or freight + insurance]

1. Look up the item’s Duty Rate % and VAT %.
2. Multiply the Purchase Price Abroad (PPA) by the Duty Rate %. This gives you the amount of Duty to be paid. Call this AMOUNT A.
3. Add AMOUNT A to the PPA and multiply the result by the VAT %. This will give you the amount of VAT to be paid. Call this AMOUNT B.
4. Add AMOUNTS A & B together and that will be how much you have to pay.

For example:

You have to pay duty & VAT on some Compact Discs. The total cost of these CDs was £100 sterling. Following the steps above:

1. The Duty Rate is 3.5% and VAT is 17.5%.
2. £100 x 3.5% = £3.50. This is AMOUNT A.
3. £100 + £3.50 = £103.50 x 17.5% = £18.11. This is AMOUNT B.
4. £3.50 + £18.11 = £21.61.

You would pay a total of £21.61.

The duty rate for games is the same as CD's- 3.5%.



On top of that amount you will have to pay an admin fee. This is dressed up as many different things but amount to the same thing- the postal agents fees for getting it through customs in the 1st place. The cost varies from each agent:

Royal Mail charge £4
Parcel Force charge £8
Parcel Force with EMS £13.50
UPS charge £11

dont know how old your info is but RM have charged £8 for a good few years now