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You have to pay VAT on any imported item. If your item is below £135, you have to pay VAT at the point of sale. Above £135 and the VAT is collected at customs
by ChrisRR 6y ago
You have to pay VAT on any imported item.
If your item is below £135, you have to pay VAT at the point of sale. Above £135 and the VAT is collected at customs (maybe optionally at point of sale too? This part is unclear)
- p_l 6y agoas I understand so far, the new regs are as follow: price <135 GBP = VAT exempt for import price >135 GBP = VAT has to be collected by point of sale and handled there. The main difference is that previously, above 135 GBP you paid VAT as part of customs process, on importer side. Now you will have to worry about their VAT registration etc.
- ChrisRR 6y agohttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-vat-treatment-of-overseas-goods-sold-to-customers-from-1-january-2021/changes-to-vat-treatment-of-overseas-goods-sold-to-customers-from-1-january-2021 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-vat-tr... From what I understand, tax on goods below £135 is still to be paid but at POS "For imports of goods from outside the UK in consignments not exceeding £135 in value (which aligns with the threshold for customs duty liability), we will be moving the point at which VAT is collected from the point of importation to the point of sale. This will mean that UK supply VAT, rather than import VAT, will be due on these consignments." "For most consignments not exceeding £135 in value, instead of VAT being collected at importation or delivery to the customer, VAT will be accounted for at the point of sale."
- p_l 6y agoI swear someone took a class in how to write a misleading information package there, because they later claim about goods under 135 GBP being free from VAT... import VAT. Because two section above they put it under supply VAT.