buying parts from usa

[druidsam]

anyone done it and does anyone know what the value limit is before import duty and tax get added ?? i need a few wee bits and pieces and can get them hereMotorcycle Parts|ATV Parts|Honda|Kawasaki|Suzuki|Yamaha|Dealer|Tires|Re pair Manuals|Wholesale Discount Prices at a good price, but dont want to order anything if im going to get hammered with taxes when the parts land here.. so does anyone have any info?



................................Sam

[papasmurf]

Information you require here. (Word of advice do NOT try to circumvent Customs and Excise regulations they have powers the Gestapo would have liked to have.)
HM Revenue & Customs

[Rocks]

Originally Posted by druidsam

anyone done it and does anyone know what the value limit is before import duty and tax get added ?? i need a few wee bits and pieces and can get them hereMotorcycle Parts|ATV Parts|Honda|Kawasaki|Suzuki|Yamaha|Dealer|Tires|Re pair Manuals|Wholesale Discount Prices at a good price, but dont want to order anything if im going to get hammered with taxes when the parts land here.. so does anyone have any info?




................................Sam

Sam, I've purchased loads of bike related stuff from the U.S. A few years ago I had an old Honda Magna and the only parts available had to be purchased from the USA, some item I purchased went through U.K. customs no problem and with no duty to pay and the odd one got checked and had to pay duty.

I also purchased some special wide wheels for a friends bike from the US with a cost of around $1,300 these should have been heavily taxed by UK customs and you pay the extra to the delivery service when they arrive or the delivery company will not release until you settle in full, my mate and I expected this, but on arrival they slipped through the customs with no extra cost and my mate was well happy.

Its all the look of the draw, I've paid duty on parts costing only £70 but some more expensive items I didn't pay any, you can ask the sender to put as a (GIFT) on the package, this sometimes works, but if checked by our customs and they think its not a gift they will charge you duty, and nothing you can do about it.

Like I said mainly look of the draw, some you win, some you loose.

[druidsam]

it seems that if its one item of less than £36 you dont pay anything, but there is nothing to say what would be payable for 7 items with a value of less than £36 ( 1 pipe 2 bolts and 4 washers)..looks like its going to be easier to pay the rip off uk price



........................Sam

[Rocks]

I'm sure if you paid less than £36.00 for a total of 7 items, you will pay no duty, and if they mark them as a gift, with anything marked as a gift or not marked under £70 I've never paid duty.

[BLACKPANTHER]

I used to work at ParcelForce, and it's luck of the draw which parcels you'd have to pay for. Not every parcel is checked, and I'd say about 3/4 of the parcels did not have duty to pay upon delivery. Putting 'gift' on the parcel just meant there was more chance of the item being opened and checked by customs, they check the invoice, slap on the duty and their fee, then ParcelForce would bang on their 'clearance' fee. A company wouldn't put 'gift' on your parcel anyway. You pays your money, you takes your chance!

[Rocks]

Originally Posted by BLACKPANTHER

I used to work at ParcelForce, and it's luck of the draw which parcels you'd have to pay for. Not every parcel is checked, and I'd say about 3/4 of the parcels did not have duty to pay upon delivery. Putting 'gift' on the parcel just meant there was more chance of the item being opened and checked by customs, they check the invoice, slap on the duty and their fee, then ParcelForce would bang on their 'clearance' fee. A company wouldn't put 'gift' on your parcel anyway. You pays your money, you takes your chance!

Like I said

Other than Company's have marked my parcel has a gift..... many times

[grotbag]

Originally Posted by druidsam

anyone done it and does anyone know what the value limit is before import duty and tax get added ?? i need a few wee bits and pieces and can get them hereMotorcycle Parts|ATV Parts|Honda|Kawasaki|Suzuki|Yamaha|Dealer|Tires|Re pair Manuals|Wholesale Discount Prices at a good price, but dont want to order anything if im going to get hammered with taxes when the parts land here.. so does anyone have any info?



................................Sam

Anything over £18 is fair game for customs import tax which is up to 30%. They check packages / parcels at random. Some get through others get stopped, it's a hit and mis thing.

Gift's are not taxable however, if caught with something gifted from a comercial seller you can be prosecuted.

If it's stopped and checked, you then have to pay extra postage to receive it.

I've been collered quite a few time's with things from ebay.com


If the value is over £18 Sam add extra shipping fee's plus another 30% and if it still works out cheaper than buying from the UK - go for it!!

[BLACKPANTHER]

Originally Posted by Rocks

Like I said

Other than Company's have marked my parcel has a gift..... many times

That'd be your swedish dvds then eh rocks

[Rocks]

I exercise the right of the 5th Amendment.....