Purchasing from the Netherlands.

[Rapid 17]

Hello, now we are no longer in the EU what charges will I be liable for if I purchase from a dealer in the Netherlands please ?

Many thanks

Geoff.

[TaketheCannoli]

20% VAT plus carrier handling charges at the border. Usually this has to be paid prior to delivery.

[Rapid 17]

20% VAT plus carrier handling charges at the border. Usually this has to be paid prior to delivery.

Many thanks.

Geoff.

[BillyCasper]

Is it a new watch from a retailer or second-hand?

If new, the retailer should take the Dutch VAT from the retail price as it will be exported out of the EU.


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[Bonzodog]

Dealer I bought from deducted the vat ,I paid Uk vat and handling charge before delivery was made to me.

[Rapid 17]

Is it a new watch from a retailer or second-hand?

If new, the retailer should take the Dutch VAT from the retail price as it will be exported out of the EU.


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Thank you for replying, it would be a new watch.

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Dealer I bought from deducted the vat ,I paid Uk vat and handling charge before delivery was made to me.

Many thanks.

[markrlondon]

Dealer I bought from deducted the vat ,I paid Uk vat and handling charge before delivery was made to me.

This is how it should be when buying from a vendor who is registered for VAT in an EU country. (But see below).


(N.B. I am saying all this assuming you are not VAT-registered in the UK, of course, and that you are buying from a vendor who is VAT-registered in their home EU country).


To anyone buying from an EU vendor, be very careful. Some of them still haven't got their head around this 'exporting from the EU' thing and still incorrectly charge their local EU country's VAT on exports. If they do this then you'll get charged UK VAT when the watch is imported into the UK on top of the VAT the vendor incorrectly charged in their home country. You can't reclaim their incorrectly charged VAT.

On the other hand, some EU vendors have simply gone the whole hog and registered for UK VAT. This means that they can and do charge the correct UK VAT on exports to the UK from their EU country. With this, you won't have to pay extra VAT when the watch enters the UK.

And then there is the scheme that HMRC expects vendors worldwide to sign up to (and which markets like eBay and Aliexpress have signed up to on their vendors' behalves so that there is no escape) where UK VAT is automatically added for purchases of less than £135.

[Rapid 17]

Dealer I bought from deducted the vat ,I paid Uk vat and handling charge before delivery was made to me.

Many thanks.
Geoff.

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This is how it should be when buying from a vendor who is registered for VAT in an EU country. (But see below).


(N.B. I am saying all this assuming you are not VAT-registered in the UK, of course, and that you are buying from a vendor who is VAT-registered in their home EU country).


To anyone buying from an EU vendor, be very careful. Some of them still haven't got their head around this 'exporting from the EU' thing and still incorrectly charge their local EU country's VAT on exports. If they do this then you'll get charged UK VAT when the watch is imported into the UK on top of the VAT the vendor incorrectly charged in their home country. You can't reclaim their incorrectly charged VAT.

On the other hand, some EU vendors have simply gone the whole hog and registered for UK VAT. This means that they can and do charge the correct UK VAT on exports to the UK from their EU country. You won't have to pay extra VAT when the watch enters the UK.

And then there is the scheme that HMRC expects vendors worldwide to sign up to (and which markets like eBay and Aliexpress have signed up to on their vendors' behalves so that there is no escape) where UK VAT is automatically added for purchases of less than £135.

Thank you Mark.