RE: Re: AudioTron on sale at Laser in UK

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

>
> > If the supplier is in the EU, you will have to pay the rate of
VAT
> for the
> > country that the supplier is in. A lot of them are higher
than
> 17.5% btw
>
> I was under the impression that you have the option of either
paying
> local equivalent of VAT in the country of purchase or paying the
VAT
> rate applicable in the UK at the time of import into the UK (the
> revenue used to be nice and let you use either there exchange rate
or
> the spot rate as published in the FT etal which ever was more
> advantagous when working out the duty in GBP).

If you are VAT registered you have the choice, if you are not, you
don't.



>
> For small purchases I have never been bothered with the hassle of
> filling in the forms to get the foreign duty back, but has
certainly
> worked that way importing cars in the past, not sure what the
rules
> are these days

Indeed, that is a strange one, as I have imported a few cars, and not had
to
pay VAT in the country of origin. Strange that it should work that way
:/

Cheers, Des.


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