Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for all the theoretical bits which I am well versed. You play the academic/lawyer and I am the businessman. I just make sure my UK customers don't have to pay import duties and VAT. Joseph On 18/04/2010 12:57 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Joseph (and others), > > When someone resident in the EU buys something from a merchant outside the > EU, > the rule is that the recipient must pay his local VAT on delivery, plus any > duty that may be applicable. In the case of photo equipment, the duty is > small: something like 4% on bodies and nothing on lenses, or the other way > round. The VAT is much more substantial, e.g. 17.5% in the UK if I am not > mistaken. > > It is the job of the delivery company to collect the VAT and duty. Now, > sometimes I have been lucky and the post office has simply delivered the > product to me without any charges. This has happened both in the > Netherlands > and (much more frequently :-)) here in Spain. But it is an act of > negligence > on their part, albeit one in which I happily acquiesce :-) > > The private delivery companies like UPS or Fedex are much less likely to > commit such an act of negligence, and they often charge additional fees for > doing the customs paperwork. For that reason, whenever I buy from the US, I > specify the USPS as the carrier and will simply not do business with > merchants > who insist on using UPS etc. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > On Apr 17, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Joseph Yao wrote: > >> What Import Duties? >> >> I have been selling photo equipment to the UK for over ten years and none >> of >> my customers has ever had to pay import duties or VAT. >> >> I am sure fellow UK LUGger Jem Kime can confirm. >> >> Joseph >> >> >> On 17/04/2010 12:48 AM, "Eric Calderwood" <eric.calderwood at >> btinternet.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I contacted the seller yesterday, however with him being in Canada and >>> Import Duties etc being what they are here in the UK it would make it a >>> rather expensive proposition, otherwise I would have already snapped it >>> up. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Eric >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information