Tracy3 Fletcher
Joined: 12/8/2024
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RE: Clarification of £135 Import Rules For Consumers
hello i just joined this forum and can't figure out how to make anew post.
I am confused, so it says here at the top of the page:- https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty You will not have to pay anything to the delivery company to receive goods worth less than £135 unless they’re gifts over £39 or excise goods (for example, alcohol and tobacco). then it says this further down the page:- VAT is charged on all goods (except for gifts worth £39 or less) sent from: outside the UK to Great Britain outside the UK and the EU to Northern Ireland
so it sounds like two different things are being said within 2 paragraphs of each other?
one says nothing extra on general goods under £135 that aren't gifts or excise, the other says vat is charged?
I want to buy this item from toy maker mattel:- to price is £49 plus £9 postage, so total of £58, will i get charged anything else. please help a there are two contradictory statements.
Kind regards
Tracy Fletcher
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