New Import Duty/VAT Thread. Read Post #1 for Rules Updated 10/9/2024

styron wrote: »

EU intend 'third country' platforms like Ali, non-EU Amazon, Wish etc. to collect and pay VAT due directly to the respective Revenue of the countries they sell into for (non-excise) goods under €150 from 2021 on.

We've seen how thats gone with Ebays GSP..... :rolleyes:

vwcorrado wrote: »

Hi everyone
I just got a letter from customs to say my package is being held in Dublin and I have to send a copy of the receipt so they can work out the charge I have to pay...the item is clothing as I paid €85 including delivery...
Can anyone tell me roughly how much will I have to pay? I seen somewhere it was 8% plus €10 post office charge?
Thanks so much

It will be 21% vat plus a €10 An Post charge leaving you with a €27.85 charge.

The 8% is the duty rate, which only applies for goods valued over €150.

vwcorrado wrote: »

Thanks for the reply...the letter states that I have to send them a copy of the receipt but as it was on ebay...could I send them the screenshot of the item on ebay?
Thanks

I've emailed screenshots before without any problems

oswinoswald wrote: »

Hi,
Got a letter saying the parcel I ordered is being held at the post office until I send my receipt of the order.
The parcel came from China and after being in touch with the seller I have found out he declared the parcel to be worth less money than I paid for it.
The letter says

"As importer of the goods you have legal responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of information provided on the declaration by the seller and ensuring that correct payments are made. Where an incorrect payment is made the goods may be liable to seizure"

Does this mean it's my fault he put a lower price on the parcel than I paid? If I send my legitimate receipt in can they still sieze my parcel. I have no issue with paying the extra taxes.

if you send in a receipt for the legitimate value of the goods they will just charge you the appropriate taxes.

Hi. Hoping someone can offer a bit of advice for this situation.

Basically, a family member was in the US last year and bought something valued at $1299 then brought it home. It broke through no fault of their own and a replacement was approved, but the company in the US was not willing to send a replacement to Ireland, so what I did was I had it sent to my Shipito address for them and the replacement was sent from here back to the US.

So the problem we have now is getting it to Ireland. Whenever I have had something sent from my Shipito account to Ireland they require you to fill in a customs declaration. Obviously we want to enter exactly what it is and the true value for insurance reasons with DHL. When the package arrives in Dublin they'll see it's valued at $1300 and want import duty for that value.

We do have a digital receipt issued by the company after the replacement under warranty was approved and its basically identical to the original receipt, but the value/total price is listed as 0$ on this one as it's a free replacement. Will revenue accept that and release it without duty having to be paid? I assume at some point they would have dealt with a similar situation to this but I don't know what the rules are when it comes to free replacements under warranty.

whiterebel wrote: »

Did they declare it and pay duty and VAT when they brought it to Ireland initially?

Yes, but she doesn't have the receipt from back then.

When I buy from the U.K. post brexit will this 10€ fee be added to everything I’m a little confused?

There used to be an exemption for goods under €25, but even that is going, IIRC not till sometime later in the year, so nearly everything over €25 from January and everything later in the year.

The other issue will be that EU warranty and consumer law will no longer apply so repair, replacement and returns could be totally different.

ussjtrunks wrote: »

I thought the exemption was 22€ is it 25€ also is the exemption based on price including U.K. vat or excluding U.K. vat,

Exemption is €22 including delivery costs

I have a few Blu-rays I’m looking at from an independent retailer for 23€ including postage but stock is out till. Next year

If I order something from the UK after Brexit, I understand that VAT and import duty will need to be paid.

What I don't understand is what the deal is with UK VAT. Do I have to pay that as well? Or will the seller need to deduct the VAT from the item?

Also, If I pay for custom made curtains now, which will be made, but probably won't be shipped until january, are they still subject to VAT and import duty? And is the value calculated on what I paid, (most of the cost is the customisation), or on the intrinsic value of a pair of curtains?

Blisterman wrote: »

If I order something from the UK after Brexit, I understand that VAT and import duty will need to be paid.

What I don't understand is what the deal is with UK VAT. Do I have to pay that as well? Or will the seller need to deduct the VAT from the item?

Also, If I pay for custom made curtains now, which will be made, but probably won't be shipped until january, are they still subject to VAT and import duty? And is the value calculated on what I paid, (most of the cost is the customisation), or on the intrinsic value of a pair of curtains?

Differs from company to company, some will still charge the VAT, others will remove the VAT like they are supposed to for export goods.

Would the 10€ an post fee still apply if it was between 22 and 28€?

whiterebel wrote: »

It's in black and white. If the VAT is €6 or more they say they will collect it. The VAT amount is more important because the VAT rate may change back to 23%.

Just trying to figure out if I’d need to pay the 10€ on my 23€ order or if it’d be wiser to spend 100€ at once

whiterebel wrote: »

Nobody knows. It isn't clear cut about the VAT collection situation. Amazon will be ok because they collect Irish VAT. If other companies don't it will probably have to be customs cleared. No definite answers yet.

How does it work from America rn I imagine it’d be similar

whiterebel wrote: »

This is the actual wording from revenue:

2. Non-collection of Small Amounts of Import Charges
Where the customs duty on a consignment of goods amounts to less than €10 it will not be collected. Similarly, VAT liability amounting to less than or equal to €6 will not be collected. No similar rule applies in the case of excise duty which will always be collected if the goods are liable to excise duty.

Until the 1st July

Note

From 1 July 2021 import VAT will:

be payable on all goods entering the EU, irrespective of their value
and
always be collected, irrespective of the amount due.

California Dreamer wrote: »

MIL sent some old toys (not new, belonged to older grand child) from Australia to Ireland for my son for Christmas. Threw in some Tim Tams, sweets etc.

DHL charged me €24 in import duties.

Mate of mine sent me some american candy, lays and Dr Pepper from Florida

Fedex charged me €44 in import duties.

Bit of a piss take on stuff that had no real value.

DHL charge customs clearance fees even when no VAT or Customs duty are chargeable. And the more honest the sender is, by detailing the items in the package, the more they charge the recipient. A package declared as containing from 1-6 items of no value will cost €20 to process. a package with 10 items of no value will cost €40 with an extra 5€ per line in the declaration form thereafter.

whiterebel wrote: »

<b>If there is no VAT or Duty to be paid there is no entry to be done or money to be paid out, they don't charge.</b> If someone sends things like the previous poster and ship it via DHL or FEdEx Express, the freight amount alone will have a considerable impact on the Vat/Duty. I don't think in Customs terns there is any such thing as no value.

Personal experience in the past few months tells me your 1st sentence is wrong.