[mark_roberts]

When importing how much is the duty and when and how do I pay it and also the VAT.  Are there any other charges?

thanks
Mark

[CATMAN]

Mark,

The shipping company, will send you a bill of ladening, which also goes to the importer this end, they work out for you how much VAT you are liable for and the import charge which is 1.5%. Once you have paid them they release your goods.

If you are getting them air freighted which is alot more expensive, open an account with the one they are using. The air freight company just charge your account.

I've done it both ways, shipping is alot cheaper than air freight, but the wait is longer. Well worth doing though you save a packet.

Catman

[lee_gundry]

i orderd $600 of gear from the usa & had to pay £70 duty on good when i recived them.


great saving from buying from the usa.


lee G

[peter_collins]

Hi Mark, which machine were you thinking of importing?
Are they not available in this country?
Pete.

[mark_roberts]

Thanks lads.

Peter, I'm importing the savage inline booster.  Hope to get it next week.

Mark

[paul_smith]

beware, there is a penalty tax being imposed at the moment on goods imported from the states,i bought some stuff recently,17.5% vat 1.5% duty and 11% penalty tax.
As a ball park figure work on price of goods plus 30%.
in total depending on goods ordered.
Ring customs and excise for details.
If you are not vat registered you will also need a number from customs to give to the shipping company before they will release your goods.
Paul

[williamx]

But of course if they send the parcel as a gift, then you don't pay any tax at all

[mark_roberts]

Just off the phone with customs.  Duty is 1.7% on the cost of the goods and also carriage and Vat is as normal.

Mark

[john rees]

Hi all! I,m new on here!I've imported 2 truckmounts from the states the first in 2002 the duty was about 1.7%......but beware the last one I brought in was last october and the duty was about 14% and customs told me that the duty will increase buy 1% every month!! so now it must be about18% surely?
                                             John

[Mike Halliday]

how do the customs know the value of the goods imported? if you bought a T/M for '500$' would you get charged less than one for 5000$,  I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this

do you pay the import duty on second-hand goods, I don't think so.

My sister lives in the USA could she buy a truckmount and give it to me as a gift?

Mike

[ecoklean uk ltd]

  I have been told as i import goods from the usa the penalty tax is to stop products being brought into this country if they are made here.


steve

[Len Gribble]

Mike
Not a bad idea, could be down side though, your sister would have to pay state/local tax worth checking, I believe were my sister live Tennessee they don’t have state tax, will be getting wife to send a round robin to rest of family in the states to find out what there taxes are, and get them to purchase it and write out a bill of sale say for ¼ of the price.


Steve

Is there any cc machine made in the UK, they may be put together here but I would not really classify them as actually made here!

Len

[Ivar_Haglund]

those goods imported do they have to apply to British Standards or some other EU krap standards.

Norway not  part of the EU and glade



Ivar

[john rees]

yes you have to pay duty on second hand too! one of the truckmounts I bought was ex demo! customs told me there is a trade war going on between the eu and the us because the  e.u. were sending cheap steel over there which led to the u.s. closing some of their steelworks!.......so the u.s. decided to put a levy on all steel from the e.u.! the e.u.'s response was then to increase the duty on some of the goods coming from across the pond and carpet cleaning equipment is one of those selected for extra duty!.................I'm sure that you will see big price hikes on equipment bought from dealers here too...... either that or them absorbing the increase??? I think not!

[lee_gundry]

so if you buy £1000 worth og goods from the us you pay 1.7% duty plus carrage plus vat.


i am correct


Lee G

[Dave_Lee]

Another subject that seemed simple in the beginning - but not so in the end.
I have only imported a hose washer from the states. I paid the usual, vat, duty and shipping. I calculated my savings, buying from the states, after adding these three figures to the purchase price - thats why I went ahead with it.
However, the suppliers charged me an additional sum of around 30% for US internal mail, which I was not expecting. After this, the diference between the UK and USA price was hardly worth bothering about, and I would have received it quicker had I purchased in the UK. Check the internal postage first, or you may get caught out like I did.
Dave.

[john rees]

no you pay the £1000 then you add the freight charges then on top of that you add the duty(whatever that is now?) then the vat on the total amount! but if you are not vat registered you will need to apply to the customs and excise for a temporary vat number.....some carriers call it a pseudo number......you need it before they will release the goods!
          hope this helps?
                                   john