TelBoy

Just received one of these for an Ebay item i bought from Hong Kong, and wonder what the scoop is.

The amount of tax i'm being charged is well below 17.5%, although it doesn't say how they've calculated the amount. But what happens if you ignore this? Who comes after you? FexEx? Inland Revenue? Nobody?


Anyone have any experience of this?

Moonloops

Import duty not VAT I assume dude !

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsP...HMCE_CL_000230

TelBoy

Yep import duty. So what's the current rate, that site tells you everything except!!

Moonloops

Not sure, but you will find that the couriers also leavy handling charges on the duty etc

I paid £15 duty on an import and £25 handling fee to Parcelforce

j4ckos mate

welcome to my world, they will charge you the vat and/or duty at cost, and the charge you for clearing it,
i have commercial dealiong seith them, but they cant tell me the duty and vat amounts till the end of the month because of the type of entry they do.

brilliant#

TelBoy

But how much IS this duty?! I can't seem to find out!! I've been charged about 10% - is that right?

j4ckos mate

i would say its about right you will get a copy of the customs entry soon it will be on that

TelBoy

Ok fair enough, i can live with that






Thieving bastids

TopBanana

TelBoy - EU import duty is 10%. That applies to item *and* shipping costs.

If you don't pay, FedEx say they won't ship anything else to you in future.

TelBoy

Blacklisted?




Fame at last

NotoriousREV

I had this with DHL about 2 months after I got a package. Told them I'd already paid VAT and duty myself and that they could bog off. They claimed they'd already paid on my behalf so I asked them to provide documentation of a) their payment and b) my permission for them to pay on my behalf or the senders permission (delivery note clearly stated "recipient to pay" and the other 2 options were "DHL to pay on recipients behalf" or "sender to pay" or something). Never heard from them since and they still deliver to me.

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Had this on a 'signature required 'package with a well known courier Told them I was not paying their clearance fee, they told me I wouldn't get my package. I asked them where the depot was it was being delivered from and they told me about 35 miles away. I asked them how many times they would attempt delivery before giving up and they said 3 so I told them to waive the fee or do a nice trip of 210 miles in total to deliver the package. They reconsidered

Haven't delivered anything since to me though

Stephb1986

yeah ive had this before now when ive ordered trainers from america if they put gift on it they dont charge the import duty or sometimes it depends on the value of the item

SirFozzalot

Does this apply to second hand goods being sent from overseas?

DanUK

I bought some clear lenses for the front of my Honda a few years back.

Paid £6 for the items, £20 to post them, and another £34 in tax and handling charges!

Should have paid the £40 they go for here! Nightmare!

Daryl

The duty rate depends on what the goods are. They should also add VAT on as well, so if they've missed that then I would keep quiet. If you let me know what the goods are I can tell you the duty rate.

TelBoy

A camera

Daryl

Is it a digital camera? If so the duty rate is 0%, so you should only have to pay the VAT. The courier will calculate the charges based on declared value plus shipping costs, so perhaps the declared value was lower than what you actually paid?

TelBoy

Exactly


That's why i'm actually considering paying this before they do their sums properly