General Chat

Guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and pay again when the next parcel gets here, I think I will do it again if I can't get it in my case. :-(

We have family in NZ and over the years gifts have been sent and received with no problem, but earlier this year we had to pay on a gift of socks which had been sent to our address for relatives.

Gwyn

ZZzzz I have never paid a penny on gifts received from Canada. :-S

My understanding is that even goods received as a gift are now liable to taxation

Think you should have declared as a gift.

When I worked in Post Office, we often had to help posters with their customs declarations. And always advised to state that contents were a gift. Think that counteracts the tax problem.

Do not think you have to pay tax on gifts.

Someone will advise if this is not correct, I am going back some years....

Nolls it applies to imports not exports - each country has its own regulations.

I think the law actually changed recently or they are in the process of changing the loophole. My understanding was that consignments under a certain value were exempt and I think it used to be £18 . That is why so many companies set up in the Channel Islands. I must look up the details - if I find anything of use I'll post it on here.
Sorry if I have not explained that very well.

Maybe I shouldn't have been honest about cost of contents and what is in there. :-|

my son

often orders stuff from abroad and has to pay import tax :-D

Well I didn't know that send to Aus all the time and likewise back here but never had to pay any extra in fact sent a big joinery jig (don't ask) recently over to Aus but they didn't have anything to pay Thank goodness family's in Aus and not US.

I split the link in half so it wouldn't drop off the edge of the page so you need to copy the whole address into your browser

Here you go - not what I was looking for but should be useful...

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&propertyType=document
&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000014

It can still be applied ZZzzz

Nolls, with imports it doesn't matter whether it is new or second hand

Hang on - I've got a link somewhere

Used goods can't have VAT on them can they? so.............. :-0

I understand the customs and excise duty (well kind of), but VAT??it wasn't bought over here, or am I missing a point?

Anything, well, most things from outside the EU are liable for import VAT as well as customs duty and excise duty.

Sent two parcels from USA to here (UK) one arrived today but I needed to pay VAT so some what be grudgingly I paid it, so in the true sense of the term VAT how do they justify it, it was one pair of boots.
Goodness knows what the next one will cost there is a variety of books and kitchen tools in it. :-|