All goods are liable for VAT unless they are *shipped* from within Europe. So, if a retailer (say, slimdevices.com) has a distribution point in Europe, customers would not have to pay the ~50Euro, levy and/or the brokerage (read "courier rip-off") fee.
Its also interesting to note that due to the tremendous volumes of snail mail, in transit around the world, it is very unusual for it to be examined for duties which may due! Give us a g'damn snail mail option on the order form please!! Tom. > >Yes, all goods incoming to the UK are liable for import duty & VAT. Even gifts. Forgot to >mention - there are different duty rates for different classes of product... > >The limit is a value of around the 18UKP mark (inc shipping), can't remember exactly. > >Peter > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
