Alastair Dent

I am buying some stairs from a Dutch supplier and will go & pick them up myself. All the help pages I can find only deal with the situation where a seller in the EU exports to the UK (and therefore arranges delivery, etc) Since I am importing these myself, can I pay the UK VAT myself as a personal import and then the Dutch company's invoice should not show any VAT? Is that the correct way to do it?

If I live in the UK but I am Director of a Dutch company (very part time), where do I pay income tax and social security on the payment I receive from the company for carrying out these Director duties? My thinking is that I would need to pay income tax initially in the Netherlands and declare the payment also on my Self Assessment in the UK, but would receive relief on any amount already paid, to avoid double taxation. Is this correct? For social security contributions, since I am not resident in the Netherlands I am not entitled to any social security benefits there, so it doesn't make any sense to pay social security in the Netherlands. Therefore, would the social security be due only in the UK?