Customs and VAT on machinery from US to EU

[Wojtek_ES]

Hi all,

 

I am looking to but Byrnes Table Saw (http://www.byrnesmodelmachines.com/tablesaw.html) with some extras. The machine is not cheap but may be worth the price.

 

Does anyone know if I will need to pay customs and VAT if I but the Byrnes Table Saw and have it shipped to Spain (or any other EU country)? I understand that formally bying online from US would be considered as "importing".

 

The shipping itself is almost 30% of the saw's price, and additional customs and VAT could easily double it!

 

Many thanks for any insight you may have.

 

Best,

Wojtek

[peewee]

in short yes.

 

the uk has a value that anything above was liable to duty.  I purchased a Byrnes sander and shipped to the UK cost be about £130 in duty etc

[mikeaidanh]

Wojtek,

 

I echo Ian. I imported the Byrnes saw and paid about the same..... plus fee to our Post Office for collecting the taxes!

 

Mike.

[Mumin]

The procedure is as follows: First they calculate the custom fee (according to the type of merchandise, for some -- eg. toys and toy parts -- the fee is 0%). Then if applicable, they add the excise tax (I belive it concerns only alcohol/tobacco and such). Then they calculate the VAT on everything (value of the goods+customs+shipping). And post/courier service adds its own fee.

 

In Poland the parcels of total (i.e. including shipping) value below 150€ are free of these taxes. I don't know, if this limit is the same for all EU.

 

The official EU page lists the custom fee as 2.7%

 

http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/measures.jsp?Lang=en&SimDate=20151116&Area=US&Taric=8465912000&LangDescr=en

Edited November 16, 2015 by Mumin