Doepfer

In the UK there is no difference if you are ordering as a company or an individual (though a VAT registered company may be entitled to a refund of VAT). We can only import a very low value without duty / VAT being payable. Within Europe we pay VAT at the point of origin but no duty on an import. 

David

www.movingisliving.co.uk

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> On 6 Aug 2015, at 13:48, acgenerator@att.net [Doepfer_a100] <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> The biggest factors for most goods is whether it is personal or commercial, class of goods, how you import it and what the dollar amount is. 
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> As a flight passenger, you get $800 per month of tax-exempt goods for personal use. Many countries including Germany refund VAT at the airport if you purchase goods over a certain amount.
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> For shipping goods, it gets more convoluted but generally there is no import taxes for moderate orders (non-commercial):
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> http://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/internet-purchases
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> Some shippers (UPS) send everything through a broker and you pay those fees even if it has no import taxes.  (I got charged brokerage fees for importing original art from a college student though that class of goods is exempt.
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> In short retailers, pay more taxes than an individual who often does not even have them.
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