Thieving Government

[syebba]

Anyone know what import duty & taxes are payable on goods ordered from abroad?
Ive just ordered parts for mk1 RX7
New rear lenses/seals/wiper arms & blades/rear panel carpet etc
Goods cost £330,how much am i likely to be fleeced by customs?
cheers stuart....

[20B_boy]

Worst case roughly:

Duty 5-10% on cost of goods+shipping
then vat on the lot

Say goods inc shipping was 100 quid:

£100 x 10% duty = £110
£110 x Vat @ 17.5% = £129.25

Then may be a small admin/handling fee this end and any onward delivery charges.

As for fleecing - you pay it on entry yourself (or may be not if the paperworks scammed and/or your lucky) or its including in the price you buy the stuff from from a uk supplier...

[rx7veilside]

expect to add approx 23% on top of total cost including shipping maybe plus handling charge

[meddy]

Im my experience there is no logic to it at all. Ive never paid import duty and have been charged anything from 3-17.5% VAT. The biggest con is that Parcel Farce stick their £20 on for doing very little.

[batman]

always get the person sending to right sent as a gift usually works

[syebba]

Yeah,ive heard if the parcel is labelled gift or 2nd hand classic car parts,sometimes it will escape any taxes on entry to uk.

[Ricco_04]

I have just paid £32 tax for about £240 worth of parts (smaller than a shoe box) which I didnt think was toooo bad.  Admin fee was £6.50

[mpk490p]

Anyone know what import duty & taxes are payable on goods ordered from abroad?
Ive just ordered parts for mk1 RX7
New rear lenses/seals/wiper arms & blades/rear panel carpet etc
Goods cost £330,how much am i likely to be fleeced by customs?
cheers stuart....

WOW should of given me a shout man i have a full carpet in grey rear lights and wiper arms

Mark

[mpk490p]

always get the person sending to right sent as a gift usually works

a gift or classic car parts, ive only had to pay duty on a couple of things and ive brought a lot!

Mark

[syebba]

@mark
Parts were for my 79 mk1,you had rear lights for this?
Afraid carpet no good,mines burgundy
cheers stuart.

[mpk490p]

sorry pal no mine would be a s3 panic over:Hammer

Mark

[syebba]

Just got some parts costing £235 from OZ inc shipping,only charge for goods coming into UK is V.A.T @ £28.24.I havent been charged any import duty,excise duty or other charges.
Ta:Thumbs-up

[ashc]

i\'ve got two parcels stuck in customs at the moment, waiting to hear the damage. How long does it usually take? do they open them?

[syebba]

It seems to be a different story for everyone!
Some people get charged more than others.
My parts got here from OZ within 7 days.
Parcelfarce wouldnt deliver goods until i\'d paid the vat.:Nono!
ta
Ive no idea if customs open parcels,but they have to assess the value of the goods to tax them,so unless invoice is available,they probably do open them.