Import VAT?
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Import VAT?Has anyone ever purchased anything online from the USA that was valued over the VAT threshold? I am looking to buy a basketball jersey that costs £52.69 and have tried to look online to see how much the tax will be but I can't work it out. I don't want to buy it and end up having to pay loads for it when it gets to the UK.
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Re: Import VAT?Probably 20% VAT plus the £8(?) Parcelforce handling fee. So £71.23, plus whatever you've paid for P&P.(Original post by Hot Sauce)
Has anyone ever purchased anything online from the USA that was valued over the VAT threshold? I am looking to buy a basketball jersey that costs £52.69 and have tried to look online to see how much the tax will be but I can't work it out. I don't want to buy it and end up having to pay loads for it when it gets to the UK.
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Re: Import VAT?Mate it's hit and miss sometimes you get hit by custom sometimes you wont i rarely been hit by custom for clothes if they mark as gift it will help. I had a ps3 go though custom and it cleared with no charge. But if they do use parcelforce it 50/50 but if they use normal airmail delivered by royalmail here it wont get hit by custom i have never had an custom charges from royalmail
