Import duty / Consoles US to UK
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Import duty / Consoles US to UK
Has anyone recently had a console shipped from the US to the UK?
I've been sent an invoice from FedEx for the import duty on my Analogue Mini Nt and it is half the cost of the console
Looking under the HMRC classifications it looks like you pay 20% VAT which is fair enough but what is the other £94.77?!
https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk ... EUR#import
Any ideas? Contacting FedEx appears to be nigh on impossible
I've been sent an invoice from FedEx for the import duty on my Analogue Mini Nt and it is half the cost of the console
Looking under the HMRC classifications it looks like you pay 20% VAT which is fair enough but what is the other £94.77?!
https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk ... EUR#import
Any ideas? Contacting FedEx appears to be nigh on impossible
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
What the hell? Yeah, you need to call Fedex.
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
This is why I hate couriers.
Fingers crossed you get it sorted.
Fingers crossed you get it sorted.
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
Could be duty from us to EU and then EU to UK imagine what it's going to be like when becot kicks in... It nearly looks like you've been charged twice but the they are slightly different
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
if the console is 400 and then you add on the customs duty, then vat would be 20% of that total so i think that’s what is going on here
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
I think this is the reason too. It is a bit confusing from the HMRC site but the tl;dr; seems to be we pay 45% on video game consoles from the US at the moment.zak wrote: ↑November 26th, 2020, 2:46 pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54877337
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content ... 32020R1646
I've done an online chat with FedEx and they are going to send me a full invoice by email
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
**** me, that’s brutal
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
TFF Brexit.
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
I've had exactly the same invoice from Fedex for my NT Mini
Really wish I hadn't bothered ordering it now. Nearly a year of waiting; cartridge slot looks about as 'perfected' as the UK's Covid response; and now a £200+ Customs charge (on top of a large-ish bank charge, and Analogue's already ridiculous shipping)
Really wish I hadn't bothered ordering it now. Nearly a year of waiting; cartridge slot looks about as 'perfected' as the UK's Covid response; and now a £200+ Customs charge (on top of a large-ish bank charge, and Analogue's already ridiculous shipping)
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
Ouch. That’s ridiculous.
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
Thank goodness for our "special relationship" with the US.
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
How friggin much did they charge for shipping? The tax bill suggests it must have been around $80.
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
I'd chuck it on ebay if i were you. 600 balls is way too much to play NES games.
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
Oh wow. How poor was the timing on this.
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
I'm hoping some scalpers have been burned.
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
I remember reading about that tarrif tit for tat thing at some point and thinking ah " it wont affect us " how wrong was I, it was briefly mentioned on the news ,like a one liner type thing they probably had something more important to report about some celeb .
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Re: Import duty / Consoles US to UK
It's pretty unbelievable. If it had actually arrived on time (or at least before October) - this extra tariff wouldn't have kicked in. If it had been delayed a bit more (at least until January) the tariff would, presumably, no longer be applicable due to brexit. Hilariously, it might have been one of about three items on Earth that could've actually benefitted from brexit But of course, it had to arrive slap bang between those dates