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Originally Posted by Old Bloke  My companies export products all over the world including New Zealand. Concerning our postion and VAT, if in Europe our customer is VAT registered we do charge VAT at the current rate of 17.5% and the customer can claim the VAT back through their local system. All retail sales (and trade sales if customer does not have a VAT number) in Europe carry the British VAT rate at 17.5% and has to be charged. For *Exports* outside of Europe which includes retail (distance selling) and trade, we do not charge VAT. However, at the point of entry, for both retail and trade customers, the local VAT (if any) and duty/taxes are chargeable at whatever rate applies and that includes the inclusive shipping charge. |
Yep, hence some new tab facing material is somewhere in the pacific region headed my way at the moment. In NZ's case, since the import duty charge is less than NZ$45, they do not bother to claim it (it costs them more the claim it than the tax is worth). My order of 7 bows from Bowsports (and my ACE's recently) all get taxed at 12.5% on arrival. Seems a fair and simple system.