Ken Kopp wrote:
Aren't amateur radio related items duty-free in the UK and EU,
as they are in Canada? I became aware of this through extensive eBay
sales.
Most are free from import duty, or else it's only a few percent. The
killer is the Value Added Tax, which is 17.5% in the UK and even higher
in some other EU countries. Unless the item is of small value, or is
below the Customs exemptions for incoming travelers, VAT will normally
be charged on *all* incoming goods.
The worst thing is that both duty and taxes are applied to the bottom
line of the invoice, the total including both shipping and insurance!
Helpful exporters to the EU will bill for those two service items
separately, so that duty and VAT are applied only to the true value of
the goods. As far as I'm aware, this is a perfectly legal way to
minimize the tax liability.
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73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
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