buying item from EU to Northern Ireland Vat

Aidanmc

I'm thinking of buying a musical instrument from an online retailer based in Netherlands, to be delivered in Northern Ireland.

 Cost of item is 165 euro. The retailer is not adding VAT to the purchase.

Will i be charged vat when it arrives?

Aidanmc

Not sure if i posted this in the correct section.

But if anyone knows about VAT regarding buying items from EU to N.Ireland i would be grateful.

Jeremy535897

See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/paying-vat-on-goods-from-the-eu-to-northern-ireland

Aidanmc

Jeremy535897 said:

See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/paying-vat-on-goods-from-the-eu-to-northern-ireland

Yeah i read that. I'm not vat registered and the retailer is not charging vat on the purchase, which doesnt reall concur to what gov.uk says.

Jeremy535897

It deals with the situation where you are not VAT registered. If the vendor doesn't charge VAT, there is no-one else that can. It may be that the vendor's turnover is below 25,000 euros so they don't have to register.