import tax help please.

depends on the age of the car... what have you bought?

Basically, car cost + shipping + duties (5 or 10%) + vat (20%), but this is compounded, so they add it all together, charge you for the duties, then add that to the bill and then work out what the vat is.

 

hahaa, misunderstood... I think budgeting for 30% of the amount paid would be a good guestimate

 

25-30% is about right, last set I bought were £650ish delivered and paid £180ish plus a clearance fee of about £10..

 

i bought something at around £850 and got charged £28. No clue how it's calculated.

 

its 30 percent of the value of the goods plus shipping. 10 percent for duty and 20 for vat

 

its all bollocks. in truth i dont think customs even know what or how to charge. even if you call them and listen to there explaination it doesnt equate to real life

ive bought near 2 grands worth of parts from japan over the last 12 months, and been charged different amounts for different parts, sometimes nothing at all for quite expensive bits. its the luck of the draw.

 

it is the luck of the draw, but its still 30 percent.

 

You'll have two custom clearance fees to pay then at £13.50 each plus taxes if utsnsent in two packages

 

I did the same. 2 of the wheels turned up but the other 2 got held by customs. Although they were in wrapping paper and said happy birthday, I didn't want to risk saying it was a gift so I had ended up sending them a copy of the invoice and had to pay the full duty.

Got some cool wheels and was still cheaper than buying a set from uk.

 

just send them a fake invoice saying they are worth less. the guy at customs aint gonna know what the are worth so just put them at like £400.

 

Could be anything but supposed to be 24% on car parts from Japan