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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,136 |
| | Posted: | | | | ooooooh  hope Amazon.com et al know this too Thanks to those of you that helped point this out,  to you all | | | Signature? We don't need no stinking... hang on, this has been done... blast [oooh now in Widescreen]
Ah... well you see.... I thought I'd say something more interesting... but cannot think of anything..... oh well
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| Registered: April 4, 2007 |  Posts: 886 |
| | Posted: | | | | fantastic news, here I come Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection | | | | - Jan |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Darxon: Quote:
This change does not affect the VAT (value added tax = Mehrwertsteuer), but that's only because you're never subject to that kind of tax if you import goods.
The customs office adds the Customs duty (=Zoll) (3,5 %, based on the value of the goods and the shipping costs) and taxes that amount with the turnover tax on imports (=Einfuhrumsatzsteuer) (that has the same per cent value as the VAT in Germany).
As long as the added amount of value of goods and shipping costs do not exceed 22 € (now) or 150 € (starting Dec. 1st), neither customs duty or turnover tax on imports are applied. Well, I don't care what you call it, what I'm interested in is if you have to pay it or not.  | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 742 |
| | Posted: | | | | Ok, I don't know about Swedish VAT, as I'm not familiar with Swedish tax laws.
You might have to pay VAT, you might not.
Sorry if I tried to explain this matter a little more, and sorry if I didn't cater to your specific needs.
The turnover on import tax you shouldn't have to pay anymore on imports below 150 € if the European regulation is also set in effect in Sweden. You might want to check your local news agencies to confirm it or check your Swedish customs offices websites.
Search for Import tax, though, as searching for VAT might render incorrect results (even though you don't care about naming it correctly, news agencies and government bodies tend to do so...). | | | | Lutz | | | | Last edited: by Darxon |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 460 |
| | Posted: | | | | Big green arrow! Again! | | | | Jean-Paul |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,217 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote:
From December, 1st this limit will be raised to 150€ which means importing DVDs becomes way cheaper. Right on time for the annual Buy-One-Get-One-Free TV-Series-Sets sells ... cya, Mithi | | | | Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,715 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Darxon: Quote:
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When the value+shipping of the package is less than 22€ you pay neither. From December, 1st this limit will be raised to 150€ which means importing DVDs becomes way cheaper.
Are you sure this goes for VAT as well and not just the "zoll" ? Huge difference since our VAT is 25% but the zoll is only 3.5% (or was it 4% I don't remember exactly).
Talking from the German perspective (same might apply for other countries as well though):
This change does not affect the VAT (value added tax = Mehrwertsteuer), but that's only because you're never subject to that kind of tax if you import goods.
The customs office adds the Customs duty (=Zoll) (3,5 %, based on the value of the goods and the shipping costs) and taxes that amount with the turnover tax on imports (=Einfuhrumsatzsteuer) (that has the same per cent value as the VAT in Germany).
As long as the added amount of value of goods and shipping costs do not exceed 22 € (now) or 150 € (starting Dec. 1st), neither customs duty or turnover tax on imports are applied.
Happy shopping (X-mas will be sooooo much fun for my collection and my car....) I think, that this is correct for all EU countries, since the 22,- € limit (now 150,- €) determines, if the delivery has to be handled by the customs. No handling by the customs means NO custom fees, no VAT-pendant (Einfuhrumsatzsteuer) and - the largest part for small deliveries - no handling fees: these fees made about 10 € over here in Austria. Once I got a bill which read like this: Value of goods about 25,- € Customs a little bit over 1,- € EUSt about 4,- € - which I - as company - can claim back Handling fee: nearly 10 € Cool figures... - especially if you are a customs officer  Regards, AA | | | | Complete list of Common Names • A good point for starting with Headshots (and v11.1) |
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  | Berak | | Bibamus morieundum est! |
| Registered: May 10, 2007 |  Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | Knowing Norway - we will keep our custom-free limit, currently at NOK 200,- ($38.05 USD, £19.53 GBP).  It's been unchanged since 1975, so a big hooray for one of the richest countries in the world!  | | | Berak
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 922 |
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| Berak | | Bibamus morieundum est! |
| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting SH84: Quote:
Maybe you should have voted yes in 1994  I wasn't old enough to vote...  , but believe me, if I had been, I would've voted YES... | | | Berak
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 906 |
| | Posted: | | | | And if I had been old enough back then... It would have been a no vote from me But I'm sure Berak is right. The custom free limit will stay the same in Norway. We got to protect our own retailers | | | 
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| Registered: April 3, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,998 |
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| Registered: August 22, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ninehours: Quote:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/7637435-post167.html Alas, as that page says, the new EU customs-free limit (raised to 150 euros) only applies to customs duty, but you will have to pay import VAT just as always if the value is over 22 euros. I've just bought the Hitchcock Premiere Collection from DeepDiscount for 47 dollars, but on that I had to pay 7 euros as import VAT (20 percent on DVDs, in my country), plus a fee to the local post office. | | | | -- Enry |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,745 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yes unfortunately I had to learn the hard truth myself.
But at least Dollar and Pound are very low currently (there has to be one advantage of this economical crisis!). I just ordered the first season of House MD for 13 Pounds = 14 Euros. | | | Karsten
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 756 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yesterday, I had to pay Parcel Force £20 for a parcel from the States declared at $37. Of that £20, £7 was duty and a whopping £13 to PF for the privilige of allowing them to collect the duty. I don't mind the duty, but I think that a £13 collection fee is daylight robbery! | | | | Chris |
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| Registered: August 22, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mole: Quote:
Yesterday, I had to pay Parcel Force £20 for a parcel from the States declared at $37.
Of that £20, £7 was duty and a whopping £13 to PF for the privilige of allowing them to collect the duty.
I don't mind the duty, but I think that a £13 collection fee is daylight robbery! That's exactly how I feel. It's sheer folly. | | | | -- Enry |
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