READ SUMMARY IN POST 986 - Amazon.uk Post-Brexit

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Not to confuse things but Sold By Amazon & Fulfilled by Amazon are including it at checkout as you now know. 3rd party sellers on Amazon, Ebay or anywhere else in the UK may not offer this service.

Aware of the above, it was from Amazon.com(US), they since have accepted payment €60.74 overnight, good price for what I ordered, so hopefully don't get cancelled now.

Roberto_gas wrote: »

Lads just had to pay import fees of 8 for an item worth 29....is this the new norm, >? Will i be subject to further charges from anpost ?

READ SUMMARY IN POST 977 or this thread

And About Import Fees Deposit

long_b wrote: »

Note to Mods: The "READ SUMMARY IN POST 977" is useless to users on mobile as there is no easy way to do this through the UI.

Maybe they could put a link in the first post and maybe also link about 'Import Fees Deposit' as that is a recurring question as well.

reubenreuben wrote: »

Not in my experience.
For instance one item I bought last year for £25 (rounded off) is now £32 due to import duty. That's 28%.

Vat is also charged on Delivery Fees, even if your been discounted them.

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

What's the product? I'd be interested in seeing the breakdown on the Checkout page.

It’s going to be something that is vatable here but not in Uk

reubenreuben wrote: »

This item. Price gone up s bit since last time
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08BZF7D89/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A2UV2SM12EAM5P&psc=1#

Price £27.99
Import fee 7.14
Total
35.13

I suppose buying it on Amazon.de is probably more(haven't checked,) as postage will be added.
But still, buying from Amazon.uk Is not as attractive as before.

That's a Chinese seller fulfilled by Amazon so presumably they are not VAT registered as the UK VAT isn't being deducted at the checkout so you are paying both UK and Irish VAT. Items sold directly by Amazon are the way to go

NATLOR wrote: »

That's a Chinese seller fulfilled by Amazon so presumably they are not VAT registered as the UK VAT isn't being deducted at the checkout so you are paying both UK and Irish VAT. Items sold directly by Amazon are the way to go

I'd say a lot of items on Amazon are sourced elsewhere. Going to have to be more picky in future.

reubenreuben wrote: »

This item. Price gone up s bit since last time
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08BZF7D89/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A2UV2SM12EAM5P&psc=1#

Price £27.99
Import fee 7.14
Total
35.13

I suppose buying it on Amazon.de is probably more(haven't checked,) as postage will be added.
But still, buying from Amazon.uk Is not as attractive as before.

"Order Summary
Items: GBP 27.99
Postage & Packing: GBP 6.00
Import Fees Deposit: GBP 7.14
Total: GBP 41.13
Promotion Applied: -GBP 6.00
Order Total: GBP 35.13 "

Not available on .de but postage is approx min €8

Kerry25x wrote: »

Is there a list of these items anywhere?


I was planning on buying an artificial plant for £19.99 but getting import duties of £4.20 added on at checkout.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08GCDJLF2/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A101BUMJQUKHCQ&psc=1

Vat is charged on Item+Shipping fees (even if discounted).

reubenreuben wrote: »

This item. Price gone up s bit since last time
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08BZF7D89/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A2UV2SM12EAM5P&psc=1#

Price £27.99
Import fee 7.14
Total
35.13

I suppose buying it on Amazon.de is probably more(haven't checked,) as postage will be added.
But still, buying from Amazon.uk Is not as attractive as before.

I'm seeing the Import Fees Deposit as £5.88 on that item, which is 21% of £27.99.

I have Prime, so there's no shipping. If you don't have prime - even if the item is listed as "free shipping", you'll be charged VAT on what the shipping cost would have been (because you're getting a discount equivalent to the shipping cost, not free shipping), which could make it look like you're being charged more VAT on the item.

EDIT: looking at corkie's post for the same item, I can see they have shipping listed. So that's why the Import Fees Deposit is £7.14 for you - it includes VAT on the shipping amount. You can then see that Amazon have taken off the cost of shipping (but not the VAT on it). This is correct. If you had Prime, there would be no shipping cost at all, and so no VAT on it.

It is however strange that they're not taking UK VAT off the item first. A kitchen tap is vatable in the UK (although you can claim VAT back on it over there under the VAT DIY Scheme. If you put a UK address in, you can see that Amazon estimate the UK VAT at £4.67.

NATLOR wrote: »

That's a Chinese seller fulfilled by Amazon so presumably they are not VAT registered as the UK VAT isn't being deducted at the checkout so you are paying both UK and Irish VAT. Items sold directly by Amazon are the way to go

That shouldn't matter if the product is fulfilled by Amazon. If it's sitting in an Amazon warehouse in the UK, no matter where the seller is, it should be set up under the UK's VAT rules.

So is this a brexit issue would you think ?

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

That shouldn't matter if the product is fulfilled by Amazon. If it's sitting in an Amazon warehouse in the UK, no matter where the seller is, it should be set up under the UK's VAT rules.

I would have thought that should be the case but its the only reason i can see as to why the UK VAT hasn't been removed unless its VAT exempt in the UK

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Only if what you want is cheaper including the cost of the postage.

The prices on the vast majority of items on Amazon.co.uk are no more expensive now then before 1st of January. In some cases they are actually less expensive than before 1st January. The talk of a duty deposit has confused a lot of people. They remove the UK vat at checkout and add the Irish VAT (duty deposit)

Amazon UK will still be my first port of call

I just tried this and they did not deduct the UK Vat, just added Irish Vat...

There is an import fee deposit being added to books which carry a 0% Vat rate. What fees are these?

schmoo2k wrote: »

I just tried this and they did not deduct the UK Vat, just added Irish Vat...

Yes, that seems incorrect. Contact them. Seller is in the US...maybe that's an issue.

Looking to get a projector that seems good value even with the import fees. I assumed that UK VAT would be taken off and IE rate applied within the import fees. However this is not the case as the base price is the same if address changed to mainland UK.

Could someone please advise on the above and also if I need to make a return, will I be reimbursed the import fees by amazon? Thank you!

schmoo2k wrote: »

I just tried this and they did not deduct the UK Vat, just added Irish Vat...

I had order that was fulfilled by amazon UK, when it arrived I was told that import vat was due, when I checked it up, turned out the seller wasnt UK based and had charged no vat on the item. to avoid returns the seller refunded the import vat. so it possible that order you are looking at never had vat included to start with

Kerry25x wrote: »

Its free shipping on prime though, which I have.

Items:£19.99
Postage & Packing:£0.00
Import Fees Deposit:£4.20
Order Total:£24.19

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08GCDJLF2/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A101BUMJQUKHCQ&psc=1

Is it because its only fulfilled by Amazon maybe?

if you look at that sellers details
VAT Number:GB324141837
Business Address:
Chuangxin Zhongxin Czuo 202shi
Gaoxinqu Zhujianglu 117hao
Suzhoushi
Jiangsu
215000
CN

they are not EU based items most likely are shipping from china