How can Customs fees be so high on such a small amount!!!

[Bucks]

Sorry for the language but robbing B^$¥^>]S £19.72 fees on a product costing £37.84 ?

 

[fingwe]

Unfortunately you have to pay duty on the postage as well as the item cost

 

[fortress]

That's Whitby for you.

 

[Bucks]

Unfortunately you have to pay duty on the postage as well as the item cost

Is that right Melanie? Surely you don't pay customs charges on the postage?

 

[fingwe]

I'm pretty sure it's correct, yes.

 

[Buckeye]

Yes postage is also calculated in the fees. The £8.00 is a handling fee so your customs fee is really only £11.72

Hopefully that will change after Brexit and we get a deal done with the US.

Peter

 

[Phil Dart]

You pay duty on he value of the goods and the cost of postage. You then pay VAT on the value of the goods, the cost of postage AND the duty. The £8 fee attracts neither duty or VAT. The currency conversion rate is calculated on the day the goods landed, not on the date the goods were purchased.

The actual duty you have paid is only 1% - in fact just slightly less. The rest is VAT and the £8 fee.

 

[fingwe]

I was under the understanding that anything under £135 was duty free....but it doesn't make a huge amount of difference as you still pay VAT and the handling fee on anything over £15.

Tax and customs for goods sent from abroad: Tax and duty - GOV.UK

 

[Penpal]

When sending to the Uk it is difficult to know whether putting a value on the parcel incurs additional costs at the other end,our buffer is 1000.00 incoming.

Peter.

 

[Phil Dart]

I was under the understanding that anything under £135 was duty free....but it doesn't make a huge amount of difference as you still pay VAT and the handling fee on anything over £15.

Tax and customs for goods sent from abroad: Tax and duty - GOV.UK

Yes, you're right. I confess I'd forgotten that, and I got my conversion calculation wrong by a few pennies too. The Paul's charge is all down to VAT and the £8 fee.

 

[wm460]

When sending to the Uk it is difficult to know whether putting a value on the parcel incurs additional costs at the other end,our buffer is 1000.00 incoming.

Peter.

Until Hardly Normal gets his way
Wish Amazon would hurry up get here.:up:

 

[Penpal]

Until Hardly Normal gets his way
Wish Amazon would hurry up get here.:up:

Believe Amazon has bought land over our way already and like you Mark bring it on.

Peter.

 

[Bucks]

Thanks for all the clarification Guys

 

[Bucks]

When sending to the Uk it is difficult to know whether putting a value on the parcel incurs additional costs at the other end,our buffer is 1000.00 incoming.

Peter.

Yes it does Peter, as after paying the fees & picking up the parcel this morning we discovered that it was in fact the pen blanks that you had sent lol