Hi, Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 11:21:27 PM, Rob wrote:
> If I shipped a used camera from Australia that was purchased new (with tax > paid) from a vendor inside the EU to an EU member country would it attract a > second round of tax? it's not clear to me what the order of events has been. Here is what I think you're saying: 1. you bought a camera from someone in an EU country 2. they shipped the camera to you in Australia 3. you want to send the camera from Aus to a different EU country If this is the case, then I think it would be liable at least to duty, and possibly also to VAT. If you have paperwork showing that you bought it in an EU country, and paid the necessary taxes, and didn't reclaim them on, for instance, an export VAT reclaim fund, then you might get some reduction. Check with the authorities in the country you're sending to. For the UK look on http://www.hmce.gov.uk/. You may find links to other member states' bogeymen. Despite so-called harmonisation the rules vary from one country to the next. -- Cheers, Bob
