The skinny on Import Duty and VAt

Johnny Storm · 03-03-2005 5:23pm #1

FYI - I was just on to the revenue commisioners and they tell me when importing an electric Guitar from outside the EU you pay 3.7% Import Duty and 21% VAT on top of that. This is 25.5% cumulatively (sp?).

The kicker - and what I didn't realise - is that you have to pay VAT and Duty not only on the cost of the guitar but ALSO on the shipping and insurance costs and any other costs as well.

@wit thought up this one? etc
<pause rant>

Doctor J · 03-03-2005 5:34pm

Yup, and more often than not it still works out considerably cheaper than buying domestically. Says a lot about Rip-off Ireland, eh?

Johnny Storm · 03-03-2005 6:07pm

Doctor J wrote:

Yup, and more often than not it still works out considerably cheaper than buying domestically. Says a lot about Rip-off Ireland, eh?

Yup, why does anyone still live here?

Gandolf · 03-03-2005 6:10pm

cause there's more to life than buying ****...that's why

den.fitz · 03-03-2005 6:10pm

does this apply to laptops

Johnny Storm · 03-03-2005 6:11pm

den.fitz wrote:

does this apply to laptops

I dont know. I only asked about guitars.

feylya · 03-03-2005 6:12pm

Yes.

Johnny Storm · 03-03-2005 6:13pm

Gandolf wrote:

cause there's more to life than buying ****...that's why

That's what they want you to think ..............
:eek:

Gandolf · 03-03-2005 6:16pm

damn conspirators! all this time...

Ancient1 · 03-03-2005 6:30pm

They shouldnt be charging VAT on guitars in the first place. Guitars are not luxury goods, they are essential.

Johnny Storm · 03-03-2005 6:31pm

Gandolf wrote:

damn conspirators! all this time...

I see you're one of us.

feylya · 03-03-2005 6:39pm

Ancient1 wrote:

They shouldnt be charging VAT on guitars in the first place. Guitars are not luxury goods, they are essential.

Well, strings definately are essential anyway. And tubes. And cables. They should all be VAT free.

onion-ring · 03-03-2005 6:41pm

Bought a Takamine from Music123, for €370, got stung for over a ton cos UPS charge for processing the VAT (Ba*&ards), still worked out a couple of hundread quid less than buying it here,
Just got an ES 333 in New York for €814, me sis carried it back on the plane, no vat

it's €1899 here,, fu**en mental mark up, I'm in the wrong buisness

Creamy Goodness · 03-03-2005 7:40pm

den.fitz wrote:

does this apply to laptops

only if bought oustide the EU

den.fitz · 03-03-2005 8:10pm

thanks Cremo I will go ahead and buy from germany so see my threas "buying laptops from Germany"

The skinny on Import Duty and VAt

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