Just bought a ESB TFP MOC from the states for £100 and got nailed £32.36 import tax.
I never usually get taxed. 33% seems excessive.
Am I right here?
I never usually get taxed. 33% seems excessive.
Am I right here?
wrighty said:I just got tax £8.68 plus £8 service fee for a $30 item labelled as gift!! :shock: :shock:
Cc4rhu said:Afraid so.
Also $30 is too high for gift and no fees. I thought somewhere in the 20s was the threshold.
Bramistuta25 said:I received my package from the USA this morning, marked as $30 and $65 postage.
Haven't paid a thing and was fully tracked global shipping.
I will post a picture of the label later.
Hope this helps
Frunkstar said:Hope this will help you, I just cut & paste this from an earlier post I did some time back -
Right after a rather contrived call to HMRC I have had success!
If importing SW toys & they confirm to the below criteria they will qualify for the 5% import tax bracket -
Must be -
30 years old
In original packaging :?
& no longer in production
If so you can add this to your parcel & (in theory & with an insane amount of luck) you will only get charged the lower Tax bracket of 5%
commodity code 9705000090
Failing this & they do charge you, you WILL qualify to make a claim for the over tax via claim form BOR286 which you can download & print @ - http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
I hope this will help others out & that I get my monies back, about bloody time for a victory for us collectors Vs the customs.
EDIT - BTW I did get my money back