VAT is only levied if it doesn't get exported within a certain amount of time (6 months from the scheduled delivery date). I knew someone who tooled around Eur

VAT is only levied if it doesn't get exported within a certain amount of time (6 months from the scheduled delivery date). I knew someone who tooled around Europe for a month before dropping it off to be shipped to her without having VAT incurred (though it was a couple decades ago).