How do HMRC justify it?

wez130 · 17 May 2016 at 12:27

We've had our wedding photos sent over from New Zealand on a USB stick which cost about $15 NZD (£7).

We've had a letter from royal mail asking for £27.90 for our parcel. £14.40 of which is VAT.

I cannot understand the logic!

/rant.

wez130 · 17 May 2016 at 13:09

The wedding photos were done free of charge from my wife's sisters partner. The only cost was for the USB stick.

Edit, and thanks for moving to right section, I posted from my phone lol

wez130 · 17 May 2016 at 13:32

They get sent back after 20 days

wez130 · 17 May 2016 at 13:34

OK, what site would be best to set up a free account that's accessible worldwide and so that they can upload RAW files?

Thanks

wez130 · 17 May 2016 at 16:55

It wasn't a commercial anything though, it's family who have taken photos at our wedding, no charge, no contracts, nothing, just their photos that they took at our wedding on a USB stick so that i can edit them myself.

wez130 · 18 May 2016 at 08:34

I'm just letting them send it back at their cost and i've set up a dropbox account now to sort it out. It's just hard to justify how they can work out that a 16gb USB stick is worth over £70.

It's not like it's easy to claim the charges back either, first you have to find a code for the item, which could come under many different ones in a PDF document of over 900 pages before you can even speak to somebody on the phone, i can't be bothered with all the hassle, so they can send it back at more cost to them.

wez130 · 18 May 2016 at 14:56

It's not about the cost, it's the principle. I'm trying to figure out how they work out a 16gb usb stick that cost less that £10 can warrant VAT of £14.40