Importing parts from the USA

[Dnk]

Anyone know the cost of this or recently imported parts from the USA to give me an idea

 

I'm possibly looking at a $500 purchase on custom motorcycle parts, now i know i'll have vat and duty

to pay but any ideas on what the duty will be ?

 

I've given up looking now on dotgov site, they couldn't make it more complex if they tried !!!

 

At the moment the numbers i have are

 

$500 + 3.7% duty for motorcycle parts + shipping fee + 20% vat

 

This is personal purchase so nit business related

[MRX]

I've just brought a urethane bumper lip from the States through Ebay. Cost was £80 + £80 postage. I have my letter through from post office yesterday to say i need to pay £22 import VAT and £11.25 clearance fee, total £33.20. Not sure if that helps but may give you an idea of costs?

[Dnk]

I've just brought a urethane bumper lip from the States through Ebay. Cost was £80 + £80 postage. I have my letter through from post office yesterday to say i need to pay £22 import VAT and £11.25 clearance fee, total £33.20. Not sure if that helps but may give you an idea of costs?

 

Thanks for the reply, makes it more confusing to be honest but i'm not surprised, just a cash cow

to rip us off

 

On what i've read you pay vat on the cost of the goods inc shipping so on your purchase that would be £32 vat

[rider]

The import duty rate on vehicle parts is 4.5%,

 

VAT is payable on the part price plus freight plus duty.

 

Then you have customs clearance charges applied by Parcel-force or Royal Mail. Couriers tend to include this in their price but if it ships by normal mail, say US Post, then it'll be handled by RM this side.

 

If you can find a car importer who is willing to put your bits inside a car they are importing then you avoid any import duty charges and VAT. Some US car importers will work with you in this regard, but then you need to be willing to wait up to 3 months for your parts.

[Dave_Batch]

I bought a clutch, was like £450 i paid around £80 import tax I believe...

[Bladerider]

The classifications for businesses is confusing,

 

But for Joe average you just work on 4.5% duty on car bits and vat at 20%

 

These are applied to the costs ONCE LANDED so include the shipping and handling required to get them to the UK. Taking your parts as an example...

 

Your £500 worth of parts will need to be shipped (lets say its £100 to make it easy) = £600 landed

4.5% import duty on that adds £27 = £627

20% vat on this now adds £125.40 = £752.40

 

The only variable will be if you get the old "You need to pay duty" letter from the courier, always with RM/Parcelforce, sometimes with others like DHL, which is usually £12.00 effectively as an admin charge just to tell you that they have worked out what you already knew !!

 

hth

 

J.

[evinX]

I had to pay 95gbp on a item with a value of 500usd from the usa a few years bacm

[Dnk]

Thanks for the replies