August acquisition
- Thread starter Levi
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IIRC, it reminds me of the UK government mandating the UK VAT be paid by the out of country sender of packages. Many businesses, especially small ones, stopped shipping to the UK as it just was not worth the hassle and added expense to them to do so. No idea if that was ever changed.
Bob
Bob
As far as I know it hasn't changed. What seems to have happened though is that a lot of businesses realised that the UK government has no power in their country and just send stuff to us anyway.
p.b
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I think you’ll find the big companies do collect the VAT on behalf of the UK government- eBay and AliExpress certainly do
I am sure big companies with enough business with the US will pay the tariffs caused by the cancellation of the deminimus exemption just as they are now doing with large rail, ship and truck loads going into the US. Those shipments have already been causing long delays as they are processed after every item in them has been identified and the proscribed tariff rate is applied to each item. I think you would get an earful from any trucker taking goods into the US about the many hours they have to wait in line and then have their loads inspected item by item. The problem with the deminimus cancellation is that they have figure how to do the paying part. Once that problem is sorted, companies will decide if doing so is worth the effort. Then any costs from that ultimately will be passed on to the consumer.
Bob
Do you as the UK consumer then have to pay the VAT on the ones that send the stuff anyway by mail to the UK?
Bob
p.b
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These arrived on Saturday. I chose the scents as I fancy something brighter and fresher than my usual taste in spicy scents. Neither disappoint and, from the (small) pot, the Havana smells great and the Magens is very nice indeed.
The small pots look very attractive but utterly pointless as they are so small. I’ll be using one of these later in the week.
Optometrist
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Not so far, Bob. This only applies to goods under £135 or equivalent. These have been arriving in the UK with delivery without payment asked for.
Not in my experience. The rule is that the VAT is collected at the point of sale, so in theory by the time it’s arrived in the UK you’ve already paid the VAT. Everything I’ve ordered has just arrived unmolested.
