Well, it's going to get worse, because the "no additional fees" rule for packages with a value of less than €22 is going away in the near future, so that means always having to pay VAT on packages that come from outside of the EU. Some sources say this will go into effect on the 1st of January 2021, others say it'll happen on the 1st of July 2021.
The Council approved a revamp of VAT rules to better support electronic commerce, aimed at making it easier to buy and sell goods and services online.
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"Furthermore, the new rules remove an exemption for consignments from outside the EU worth less than €22. Around 150 million small consignments are imported free of VAT, and the current system is open to abuse. Whilst EU businesses have to apply VAT regardless of the value of the goods sold, imported goods benefit from the exemption and are often undervalued in order to do so."