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joolsmi16 - 25/1/13 at 03:58 PM

Hi all, looking at some die from http://www.affordablebender.com/collections/affordable-benders-tube-notchers/products/additional-bending-die

They will ship to the UK for 45usd however what do I pay in the way of duty in to the UK

Thanks

Oddified - 25/1/13 at 04:21 PM

Give or a take a bit, around £26.

Ian

AndyW - 25/1/13 at 04:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Oddified
Give or a take a bit, around £26.

Ian


Thats what I made it. Convert total cost from dollars to pounds in this case about £128 then add the 20% vat and thats the duty you pay. So 128x20% = about £26 in duty

chillis - 25/1/13 at 05:17 PM

You will have to pay vat on the total ie the price of the product and the shipping. If this is over a certain amount (can't remember off the top of my head what the threshold is) then you will pay import duty as well, then there's post office handling on top. For most of the stuff I've been bringing in from the states it works out approximately the same as replacing the dollar sign with the pound sign

Minicooper - 25/1/13 at 05:56 PM

I imported a protools bender with a couple of dies, it was a thousand dollars including carriage, by the time I paid the various the duties, it was a thousand pounds. Basically it's as chillis says

Cheers
David

loggyboy - 25/1/13 at 06:06 PM

Ask them to ship it as a gift, then you wont pay.

r1_pete - 25/1/13 at 06:16 PM

The UK Agent Parcelforce, DHL or whoever will also charge a handling fee if they pay the duty for you, I got 200 dollars worth of parts delivered this week, VAT & Handling was £39, 31 VAT and 8 Handling.

[Edited on 25/1/13 by r1_pete]

scootz - 25/1/13 at 06:29 PM

20% VAT on the price + shipping, then an additional 10% Import Duty on that figure. So around $64 (£40) in charges.

Then around a £10 handling charge by the agent delivering it.

chrism - 25/1/13 at 08:18 PM

Its the other way round

Item Cost + Shipping

then add 10% Duty (Dont know if this is for all items some may be exempt from Duty)
##UPDATE Duty varies based on what the item is, from the HMRC website "There are around 14,000 different classifications. The duty rate percentage for each may vary according to the country the goods come from. The average percentage is between 5 and 9 per cent, but it can be as low as 0 per cent or as high as 85 per cent."
I always remember 10% as that is what it was to import a car when I bought one from Japan about 8 years ago.

Then add 20% of (Item Cost+Shipping+Duty) for VAT (Robbing Bastards)

Works out to 32% then add the Couriers charge ontop

Some arent too bad I think Royal Mails the worst

Just had a check and it seems anything below £135 you dont have to pay Duty just VAT.
Below £15 you dont have to pay anything.

Also gifts over £40 you have to pay VAT and over £135 you have to pay Duty and VAT.

[Edited on 25/1/13 by chrism]

[Edited on 25/1/13 by chrism]

loggyboy - 25/1/13 at 09:01 PM

How big heavy is it?