Duty Free EU Purchases

Barnet_Pimpernel

I can bring back £390 of purchases from France (for example), reclaim French sales tax and avoid duty.

Does anyone know when and how this maximum value is increased, for example, to take account of inflation?

phatbear

its been £390 for a very long time so it wont change due to inflation

Barnet_Pimpernel

The other part of the question is…does the £390 value include the French sales tax or it is once the tax has been removed (i.e. the value of the goods NOT the goods plus tax)?

phatbear

Well the tax back isnt guaranteed so its how much you have paid for the item/s

phatbear

Oh and as an aside, when i use to deal with tax reclaims going out of the country, the money you got back was seldom the money you paid they will often take a chunk of the rebate in admin fees

DullGreyGuy

Barnet_Pimpernel said:

I can bring back £390 of purchases from France (for example), reclaim French sales tax and avoid duty.

Does anyone know when and how this maximum value is increased, for example, to take account of inflation?

Its not inflation linked, remember that there are inner limits for alcohol etc and that alcohol etc still counts towards the overall maximum of £390

phatbear

DullGreyGuy said:

Barnet_Pimpernel said:

I can bring back £390 of purchases from France (for example), reclaim French sales tax and avoid duty.

Does anyone know when and how this maximum value is increased, for example, to take account of inflation?

Its not inflation linked, remember that there are inner limits for alcohol etc and that alcohol etc still counts towards the overall maximum of £390

Alcohol etc stand separately from the £390 duty free allowance