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Post by NoFilterChuck on Apr 8, 2017 11:49:10 GMT -6
Anyone know how US sellers get around this for products they send to the UK/EU? My wife makes african print headwraps on the side and someone from the UK bought one, and it was sent back because the VAT wasn't paid. The garment is like $20, shipping was $6. VAT is like $3 or so. When it was shipped, we had no idea about VAT tax or whatever needing to be paid.
Any ideas? Do you send "product samples" to folks living in VAT territories or something to get around paying that tax?
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Post by mrholmes on Apr 8, 2017 12:05:04 GMT -6
The buyer has to pay the import EU taxes if he refuses to do it, sure the item goes back to the sender.
For germany its 19% VAT plus 3% import tax for US items... its the simple version because its more complicate than this.
Your wife needs to make clear that the buyer is ressponsable for all import taxes in his country.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 12:39:40 GMT -6
Mark it as a personal gift -anything under £39 ($48) will not be liable to VAT. Anything under £135 ($167) will not incur customs duties. If it's not a gift anything over £15 incurs VAT. www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-dutyI bought a guitar from Japan once, B***d's hammered me (all turned out well though as it shot up in value). |
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Post by drbill on Apr 8, 2017 14:13:35 GMT -6
Why would you want to try and avoid legitimate (well, I suppose that's open to interpretation) taxes? Let the buyer pay them. If your wife's BUSINESS is flagged as one that tries to avoid charging the appropriate taxes, it will create far more headaches than having items shipped back to you. If it's too much of a pita, then don't ship to the EU.
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Post by sopwith on Apr 8, 2017 19:25:30 GMT -6
Mark it as a gift and don't put logos on the outside of the packaging.
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Post by aamicrophones on Apr 10, 2017 20:24:31 GMT -6
I have a partner Mike Jones in Europe who runs Advanced Audio Europe and he has a Euro business # and the buyer pays the VAT at the point of sale unless they have a VAT #.
Cheers, Dave
aamicrophones.com
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