BOARD OF TRADE Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I am tempted by some of the Railway items on E Bay and elsewhere originating in Gemany and one or two other EEC countries. But if I buy will I have to pay any Customs/Import Duties(in addition to any other costs such as postage and possibly agent's fees) and does it make any difference whether the item is new or secondhand or from a Retailer or Private Seller? Many thanks Les P.S.I have tried the HMRC website but you would get more sense out of a deceased cat than that lot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 As far as I'm aware, as long as you have paid VAT in the country in which you purchase the items, then there should be no further tax payable. The exceptions are alcohol and tobacco, unless you collect them yourself, and they're for your own consumption. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 No' duty' is payable for imports to EEC countries Likewise if you sell to EEC countries the recipient does not have to pay anything If you import from the USA and the value of goods and the carriage & insurance is over a certailn value which I think is £18.00 but may have changed, then the recipient has to pay UK VAT at 20% plus a service charge which is £8.00 (or it was last time I imported from the states) So if you import from USA always factort in the additional costs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Pedant mode - the EEC ceased to exist about 20 years ago. It's now the EU. The HMRC information is here and as everyone else has said, you don't have to pay import duty on goods coming from another EU country. VAT is a tax normally charged on the supply of goods (and services) made by a VAT - registered business in the UK. For goods brought in or sent to the UK from the EU there's no extra VAT to pay unless you're ordering or sending purchased goods from one of the EU Special Territories, such as Jersey or Guernsey, in which case you'll have to pay import VAT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOARD OF TRADE Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 Many thanks FC,Steve and Pet, E Bay UK AND the EEC and elsewhere gives me far more choice. Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris g Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 As has been said, if you are charged VAT in an EEC country then you do not need to pay any additional VAT in the UK, or vice versa. Generally, if I sold something to you as a private sale, I could not charge you VAT and hence no VAT would be due, whichever countries were involved. One thing to be aware of though is that if you buy something from a trader in the 'EU Special Territories', such as Jersey or Guernsey and the Canary Islands, which if I understand correctly don't charge VAT, you'll have to pay the import VAT on delivery. This happened to me. I bought something from a well known internet vendor, (not modelling railway related), who I thought was shipping from the UK but the goods were shipped to me in France from the Channel Islands. Not only did I have to pay the VAT, (fair enough), but there was a collection charge of about 10 euros as well. Chris G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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