Is VAT payable?

[Darrin]

Buying from the UK from the USA, I always have VAT deducted from the price which is handy because it helps to pay for the extra shipping costs.

I buy a lot of DVDs from Amazon.co.uk and when I eneter my USA address it deducts the VAT from the invoice and shows "0.00" owed.

However, MVC (when they existed) wouldn't do it and charged the VAT, so I stopped using them.  No wonder they went bust.

[Darrin]

wurzel wrote:

Do be aware, however, that you may well have to pay tax on the goods when they are imported into your country. Check out your own Customs Department to find out more/.

True.

It's only happened to me once though, but I got a letter from UPS stating how much sales/importation tax I had to pay on some toys I had ordered for my kids.  Still, considering I get a least 1 package a month from the UK then that's not bad.

My C-One board and everything I've ordered from AmigaKit have arrived with no problems and required no extra payments.  However, it's really a roll of the dice.