On 13/05/2021 16:33, GB wrote:
On 13/05/2021 16:03, Fredxx wrote:
On 13/05/2021 15:24, nightjar wrote:
On 13/05/2021 14:05, wrote:
Recently, I ordered something (costing about £700) from the Czech
republic and have just been sent a demand for £143 duty and handling
from DHL. My choices are to refuse the shipment, which means I get
refunded less shipping charges, or pay. Bu&&er!

One of the consequences of Brexit.

The consequence is you pay UK VAT and not Czech VAT.

The VAT now goes the UK Treasury.


That's not of great comfort to the OP, faced with an unexpected bill for
£143. Anyway, hopefully he voted for Brexit, so at least he voted for
this fiasco.

I think you misunderstand the VAT situation.

In the good old days you would pay Czech VAT on this purchase of £700 of
£147 as their VAT rate is 21%

If I'm not mistaken the UK VAT rate is 20%, so VAT of £140 would
currently be payable on its import.

The Czech seller should already have come across instances where VAT is,
or is not chargeable, depending on whether the UK buyer is VAT
registered or not.

In short Brexit should have saved the OP £7.

If the bill was unexpected then that is down to ignorance. He would also
be ignorant of the £7 saving he's made post-Brexit.