Adam's explanation sounds similar to Canada.... Except our VAT is called GST or HST (depending on the province).
I am impressed that Shatner himself would be informed of this issue, but I guess he has a staff on this issue and he's just being the Chief communicator. On Fri., Oct. 16, 2020, 4:07 a.m. Adam Bowie, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ha ha. Although I'm not sure that his info is right. There have definitely > been proposals about this, but nothing in concrete yet. > > For what it's worth, in the UK we pay VAT on stuff (think State + Federal > Sales Taxes). It's 20%, and it's marked in on the price. The price you see > is the price you pay. No mental arithmetic required to work out how much > something will actually cost you. Traders have to pay that VAT back to > government. > > If I order something from outside the EU - say a cheap camera on the grey > market from Hong Kong - then, *I* am currently liable for that tax. The > shipping companies collect it. DHL won't hand it over until I pay the VAT > on it. They probably charge a fee too. In reality, there are many ways > around it. Some mark the value of the contents on the package as low. If > it's below £15 ($20ish) then it's exempt anyway. An iPhone case shipped > from China for example. Others somehow avoid it. > > I can't see that getting every trader in the world to set up a payment > mechanism to the UK HMRC (or tax collecting body) would ever work. Amazon > and Shopify could manage it. Few others could. > > But then, I don't believe that this has come into play anyway... > > Good to see that Bill pays such close attention to international tax > issues! > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 1:32 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Lawmakers are thinking about expanding the VAT to foreign sellers, and >> Bill argues the paperwork's too much for small operations like his... >> >> https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1316887009198141441 (link) >> >> B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9ce02dca-a90c-4de0-b227-8939b27966ddn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9ce02dca-a90c-4de0-b227-8939b27966ddn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAXfsry%3D-PFgUHUj0zsEqPOBdetq5YDHPq9usfpyDzAgQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAXfsry%3D-PFgUHUj0zsEqPOBdetq5YDHPq9usfpyDzAgQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BqyMc1NMmEr-McXsy7tEq_Kb6FRp1q9P4hu6WQyso2Tpw%40mail.gmail.com.
