Alan_uk
A2OC Donor
Article on the BBC website re people in shock over the fees to import items. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55734277
Besides VAT and duty there are fees charged by the courier for collecting the vat & duty. Post Office is £8, DHL is 2.5% minimum £11 and TNT a flat £4.31. However, vat is only for goods over £39 and duty for goods over £135
I looked up vat & duty on car parts and found this page: https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/headings/8708
Looks like it's code 8708 but that is sub-divided into 100s of sub-categories (click on Open all Headings). Then it gets involved. A quick glance shows 20% vat on everything but duty can be 0%, 2%, 4% or 4.5%.
In recent times Rick Rickmeister has kindly made up a bulk order to save postage but if that makes the cost over £39 then vat will be payable on top of the German vat and if over £135 then duty will be payable. The worst bit for Rick will be identifying the codes - one package might have items at different rates of duty and all presumably need putting on a form - just read the horror stories of people trying to get to grips with the forms and all the coding.
As an example is the trim parts I ordered through Rick. At first glance it looks like being for "Other parts and accessories of bodies (including cabs) / Other (870829) " and then being " For the industrial assembly of: / for passenger vehicles under 8703" thus giving 8708291000, so would have 20% vat and 0% duty.
But then I though I am repairing not assembling so maybe it's Other / Other / Other giving 8708299000 which is 20% vat and 4% duty.
Just getting the feeling that it's going to get harder to keep our A2s on the road.
Besides VAT and duty there are fees charged by the courier for collecting the vat & duty. Post Office is £8, DHL is 2.5% minimum £11 and TNT a flat £4.31. However, vat is only for goods over £39 and duty for goods over £135
I looked up vat & duty on car parts and found this page: https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/headings/8708
Looks like it's code 8708 but that is sub-divided into 100s of sub-categories (click on Open all Headings). Then it gets involved. A quick glance shows 20% vat on everything but duty can be 0%, 2%, 4% or 4.5%.
In recent times Rick Rickmeister has kindly made up a bulk order to save postage but if that makes the cost over £39 then vat will be payable on top of the German vat and if over £135 then duty will be payable. The worst bit for Rick will be identifying the codes - one package might have items at different rates of duty and all presumably need putting on a form - just read the horror stories of people trying to get to grips with the forms and all the coding.
As an example is the trim parts I ordered through Rick. At first glance it looks like being for "Other parts and accessories of bodies (including cabs) / Other (870829) " and then being " For the industrial assembly of: / for passenger vehicles under 8703" thus giving 8708291000, so would have 20% vat and 0% duty.
But then I though I am repairing not assembling so maybe it's Other / Other / Other giving 8708299000 which is 20% vat and 4% duty.
Just getting the feeling that it's going to get harder to keep our A2s on the road.