Comments on: Paying Customs and VAT on gifts http://americaninbritain.com/paying-customs-and-vat-on-gifts Views from across the Herring Pond Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:46:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: marmitetoasty http://americaninbritain.com/paying-customs-and-vat-on-gifts#comment-2234 marmitetoasty Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:47:31 +0000 http://americaninbritain.com/?p=785#comment-2234 When my doodle (American) maties send 'gifts' from the states OR when I buy anything from there, I always ask them to write the value as less then 35 quid even if its loads more then that.... that way we dont have to pay anything this end...... x When my doodle (American) maties send ‘gifts’ from the states OR when I buy anything from there, I always ask them to write the value as less then 35 quid even if its loads more then that…. that way we dont have to pay anything this end……

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]]> By: Mark Davey http://americaninbritain.com/paying-customs-and-vat-on-gifts#comment-1987 Mark Davey Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:34:33 +0000 http://americaninbritain.com/?p=785#comment-1987 I just got hit with duty as well. A gift package of $220 sent to England. Thank god I don't live in the UK anymore, it seemed that it was a fee driven state where every time you turned around you got hit with another fee. I just got hit with duty as well. A gift package of $220 sent to England. Thank god I don’t live in the UK anymore, it seemed that it was a fee driven state where every time you turned around you got hit with another fee.

]]> By: andrea http://americaninbritain.com/paying-customs-and-vat-on-gifts#comment-1937 andrea Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:16:31 +0000 http://americaninbritain.com/?p=785#comment-1937 If you have whoever is sending you the gift write a value of under $50 and the words "Unsolicited gift" on it then the VAT should not be an issue for you. We learned this the hard way! If you have whoever is sending you the gift write a value of under $50 and the words “Unsolicited gift” on it then the VAT should not be an issue for you. We learned this the hard way!

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