Duty & Tax Invoice for the King Element

[Scally]

Hi all,

Has anyone else got a Duty & Tax Invoice for their King ‘Element’ ?

I’ve just received one from FedEx for £46.23

Not happy .....

Al.

[donkeylane]

Hi Al,I no not me ,I did state before that I had got mine from the London Baker Street shop,don't know what you paid for your's,mine was £249.99. Regards Steve C.

[spacious_mind]

Hi all,

Has anyone else got a Duty & Tax Invoice for their King ‘Element’ ?

I’ve just received one from FedEx for £46.23

Not happy .....

Al.

Where did you buy yours from. Is Europe starting to tax each other or is that as a result of Brexit?

[Scally]

Hi guys,

I applied via this forum from the Chess House in the U.S.A, but I thought postage and tax was included, so my £30 discount was offset with £28.27 postage and now a bill for VAT at £34.23 and an Admin fee of £12.

Total price:

£190 (Chess House price after £30 Hiarcs discount)
£28.27 (postage)
£46.23 (FedEx VAT & Admin)
————
£264.50


Al.

[spacious_mind]

Hi guys,

I applied via this forum from the Chess House in the U.S.A, but I thought postage and tax was included, so my £30 discount was offset with £28.27 postage and now a bill for VAT at £34.23 and an Admin fee of £12.

Total price:

£190 (Chess House price after £30 Hiarcs discount)
£28.27 (postage)
£46.23 (FedEx VAT & Admin)
————
£264.50

Al.

That is interesting so when you buy from USA you get taxed? Vice Versa I have never had to pay tax from buying from UK or Europe. Some states have to pay a sales tax if they buy something from another state. But import tax I have not had to pay that yet fortunately. Computers could be taxed but electronic games not.

Maybe you should have asked them to ship it as an electronic game instead of using the word computer since its not a computer you can't do anything with it other than play a game of chess.

Best regards

[Scally]

That’s the first time I’ve been taxed, I have emailed the Chess House, let’s see what they eventually say ...

I was just wondering if anyone in the EU has had a similar Duty & VAT invoice?

Al.

[Bryan Whitby]

Hi Al

As far as I am aware you always pay tax on imports from America.

Have a read of this.
https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty

Bryan

[xchessg]

Hi Al

As far as I am aware you always pay tax on imports from America.

Have a read of this.
https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty

Bryan

Exactly,

I imported two chess computers from the USA and got taxed twice.

Never again… Paying tax on 20 year old "products". Ridiculous.

Xavier

[spacious_mind]

Hi Al

As far as I am aware you always pay tax on imports from America.

Have a read of this.
https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty

Bryan

Exactly,

I imported two chess computers from the USA and got taxed twice.

Never again… Paying tax on 20 year old "products". Ridiculous.

Xavier

Well you can't blame USA for that. It's your own Government that is collecting from you in addition to your 20% Sales Tax or whatever you pay and the 50% or whatever income tax

Wow you add all that together and you only make 20 cents on a peso when you go to work

Add to that house tax, death tax, church tax, gasoline tax, TV tax and crossing the street tax and the mind boggles, we are all slaves to tax.

Best regards

[Wardy]

That’s the first time I’ve been taxed, I have emailed the Chess House, let’s see what they eventually say ...

I was just wondering if anyone in the EU has had a similar Duty & VAT invoice?

Al.

Sadly it's the norm, and FedEx are red hot on collecting their admin fee so they don't miss much.

[Scally]

Thanks everyone,

I also got a reply from the Chess House today:

“We just implemented a new option in this last week that gives an option to pay taxes and duties ahead of time as part of the shipping costs, but that was not available during the time you placed your order.”

I’ll pay what’s owed today, lesson learnt.

Al.