tim... wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:
Now that we are no longer in the EU you should be able to buy items
from EU sellers without paying VAT.Â* You will then be charged VAT
and/or duty on importing to the UK.
Not quite, no VAT by the EU country, but for items under £135 (same
threshold as duty) the EU seller should add UK VAT at point of sale
and then pay it to HMRC.
It was always thus when importing items from outside the EU, you paid
both VAT and duty (if applicable) on imports.
For items over £135 that's still the case,
No it's not
read what I wrote
under £135, vat at point of sale collected by overseas seller, no duty.
over £135 vat and duty (if not zero rated) collected at point of import.
see rules here
https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty
That page (as it says) is out of date