Have you ever paid duty on an imported item?

[MyCatShopsAtAldi]

I’m looking at buying a toy for our kids (Pikler triangle so over £135) and as far as I can tell, if it’s from outside the UK (now we’ve left the EU), it will be liable for import duty but I’m really struggling to wade through the gov.uk website and work out how much this would be. I was assuming equivalent to VAT but got the impression it might be higher? Does anyone know?

[Myshinynewname2021]

@ListeningQuietly no I'm really not in for a shock.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-47213842

[Myshinynewname2021]

We have already sent things to customers in Europe (we buy from there but some customers are based there too) and I can tell you now there's no tariffs but there IS extra paperwork. We have the EORI number and have to pay extra to get the hauliers to do various extra forms. But there's no tax.
internetretailing.net/operations-and-logistics/operations-and-logistics/what-does-the-uk-eu-post-brexit-trade-deal-mean-in-practice-for-ecommerce-and-multichannel-retailers--22496

However this is for goods wholly originating in the uk or eu. Made in China might be different. Frankly given that uk retailers compete with European retailers who have lower operating costs and can sell with impunity here (and target the uk with uk adwords, urls or phone numbers) I for one am not concerned.

I hire in the uk and pay full taxes in the uk. Why should companies who don't have a commercial advantage?

[Hollybutnoivy]

We have already sent things to customers in Europe (we buy from there but some customers are based there too) and I can tell you now there's no tariffs

Someone posted on a FB group I am on to say they had to pay extra on an M & S order that was sent to Italy in late December. Why would that be?

[ListeningQuietly]

[quote Myshinynewname2021]@ListeningQuietly no I'm really not in for a shock.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-47213842[/quote]
A free Trade deal does not mean that there is not Clearance and import VAT.

Surely you worked that out.

[Squeakypotato]

@Hohofortherobbers

If you're buying from a private seller, as opposed to a company, you can just ask them to declare it as a gift on the paperwork and you don't pay import tax at all. I have not tried this myself however I found it out as a friend actually sent me a gift from USA and didn't do this, she specified the item and its value and I ended up paying import tax.... Ouch!

This is only true if the value of the gift is under £39. Got stung recently when receiving a gift worth more than that from the USA.

[BalladOfBarryAndFreda]

Every time. It costs an arm and a leg

[Blibbyblobby]

Joy. I bought a 55€ item on Jan 6th. It's a security hardware item so safest to buy direct.

UPS just informed me I'm being charged £104.17. That's 117€, or 213%

Here's the UPS fee breakdown:

NOTE: the total value used for calculation of all Duty-based fees is 0.00.

Government Charges: 92.67
Brokerage Charges: 11.50
Freight Charges: 0.00
VAT: 0.00

Fucking thank you Brexiters. I'm paying triple for your delusions.