VAT can only be deducted if an item is: 1. New 2. Being shipped to a customer outside of the EU.
If you live in one EU member country and buy from another, your VAT/MOMS/MWSt (or whatever it's called locally) is paid at source -- that is, the country in which the item was sold. If you live outside the EU and buy from an EU member, then you can ask for the tax to be deducted. You are still liable to any import duties applied by your own government though. This of couse applies only to non VAT-registered private citizens. The rules for businesses are far more complex... Happy imports, -- Kristian On Thursday, January 3, 2002, at 04:35 pm, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I've purchased several items from the UK, from several sources, and at > no time did I have to pay the VAT. However, it just occurred to me that > maybe the tax requirements are different for used items. There's a > vague recollection of that in a dusty corner of my memory. So, you may > be right. I've only purchased new items. > > Paul Pondered: > >> Are you sure about this? >> Shel wrote: >> No VAT if the lens is being shipped outside of the UK. > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
