Soldato
Basically HMRC seem to have implemented a policy of "taxing all foreigners living abroad".
Just imagine if all countries did the same. Chaos!
Just imagine if all countries did the same. Chaos!
Basically HMRC seem to have implemented a policy of "taxing all foreigners living abroad".
Just imagine if all countries did the same. Chaos!
Basically HMRC seem to have implemented a policy of "taxing all foreigners living abroad".
Exactly. So much hyperbole here. If you buy stuff, you pay your countries tax rates for buying stuff. It does not matter where you buy it from or it should not to provide a more level platform between the high street and the cheap labour online stores.They're taxing the purchases of people living in the UK.
In theory every product should have a process mark whether CE, BSI or other internationally recognised testing system. Unfortunately children still die from burns in fancy dress, swallow loose parts, are poisoned by chemicals or paint systems. People take to the roads on illegal ebikes and escooters without a care protected by untested safety equipment. Your track car has some super cheap full race harnesses just like the real thing. Yes? You make your own choices in life but it is hoped that a closing of the price gap could reduce some of these hazards.I'm assuming there is no change in consumer rights with respect to these aliexpress etc. imported products for which we are now paying VAT ?
the >20% price differential versus uk products helped offset thee risk of that chinese purchase, if the saving is now negligible, then the risk will not be worth it.
It's going to be a bonanza for Royal Mail profits as they select the illicit imports arriving and claim their £8 processing costs&vat.
if they continue to post aliexpress stuff with the same customs labels / cn23 they currently have it will be a dead ringer for immediate courier inspection,Edit - just checked some random electronic tat & it's all showing free/negligible shipping costs shipped from the China warehouse?
Well that's pretty lame, a £100 Android tablet is now £120. Thanks brexiteers.
I keep seeing ' this product can't be shipped to the selected region'.
Not sure it's a loop hole.Nope. They're closing a tax loophole.
Even when they do have CE marks. they can still be a crock of ****. My dad was wondering why his wifi was dropping 50% of it’s bandwidth recently. Tracked it down to a Chinese made LED Xmas lights on his tree. No way it was EMC compliant, but was marked up right with CE marks.In theory every product should have a process mark whether CE, BSI or other internationally recognised testing system. Unfortunately children still die from burns in fancy dress, swallow loose parts, are poisoned by chemicals or paint systems. People take to the roads on illegal ebikes and escooters without a care protected by untested safety equipment. Your track car has some super cheap full race harnesses just like the real thing. Yes? You make your own choices in life but it is hoped that a closing of the price gap could reduce some of these hazards.
Not sure it's a loop hole.
Surely it should work like this:
1) I buy something on a foreign website
2) I pay no UK tax
3) When it enters the UK it attracts import duty (UK VAT etc) according to whatever trade agreement the UK has with the foreign country
4) I pay that tax
What the UK is doing is passing that collection work onto the foreign company - it's fair that *I* pay the right tax, it's not fair that tax has to be collected by a foreign company.
Imagine of all countries did the same. I would need to register with *all* countries I sold stuff to, learn their tax rules and chaos would ensue.
Even when they do have CE marks. they can still be a crock of ****. My dad was wondering why his wifi was dropping 50% of it’s bandwidth recently. Tracked it down to a Chinese made LED Xmas lights on his tree. No way it was EMC compliant, but was marked up right with CE marks.
He was gutted, been trying to shop ethically for a couple of years now, but it can be nigh on impossible. Even big manufacturers have out sourced manufacturing to there.
Not sure it's a loop hole.
Nope. They're closing a tax loophole.
As far as I'm aware this is already the case but there use to be a threshold of £70,000 before you had to register for VAT in the UK. Each EU member has its own threshold and rules, for example in France/Spain/Italy its €35k, Germany €100k. These are all coming into line in June? this year and the thresholds will 10k for everyone, and they will have a system in place to actually track this now. The benefit for the EU being its all one reporting system now.What the UK is doing is passing that collection work onto the foreign company - it's fair that *I* pay the right tax, it's not fair that tax has to be collected by a foreign company.
Imagine of all countries did the same. I would need to register with *all* countries I sold stuff to, learn their tax rules and chaos would ensue.
The proper one. It even had the appropriate EN numbers as well.
This was done for one reason, and one reason only. To avoid building more customs infrastructure. It's that simple.
What are they going to do when a company collects the VAT and doesn't pay it to HMRC and decide to keep it for themselves as a nice 20% bonus?