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Understanding
VAT Tax
- Europe &
United Kingdom
Goods
which are manufactured within the EU or the USA are
free of customs duty, however, they may be subject to other EU
State taxes such as excise and VAT (Value Added) Tax.
VAT rates vary anywhere from ~7.5% to 25%.
Custom Duties - None in the EU
There are NO import duties on Laurell
Technologies Equipment. The duties were suspended in 1994 - Our
Tariff (HS Code) is: 8479898474
Further Custom Duties info... http://www.trade.gov/td/tic/tariff/index.html
Incidents
reported to us:
Greece:
DHL assigned a 3rd party carrier to deliver one of our systems to an
outlying area - they attempted to collect a "Custom Duty" from one
of our customers...DHL investigated, then discontinued their
relationship for unscrupulous behavior. The customer refused to pay
the false charges and received their equipment with only a sight
delay...
Italy:
An EU-based
competitor, after losing an order to Laurell, complained that their
system was free from all tax including VAT...the purchaser was
informed by Laurell beforehand that this might happen and dismissed
this notion immediately.
France:
FedEx attempting
to deliver a Laurell system which was consigned to a local carrier
for final delivery - there was an attempt to collect a "Custom Duty"
from our customer...but when it was refused, delivered the equipment
and apologized for the misunderstanding which they had confused with
the VAT which had been pre-paid. No further action was required and
it was judged a misunderstanding by FedEx.
Disclaimer: While these stories are known by the writer to be
generally factual (customer did NOT pay customs duties), some
speculation was used to fill in missing detail (specifically DHL and
FedEx agents indicated "off the record" that action was taken
against offenders), but because nothing was ever documented, we still
have doubts. It is still a case of buyer beware!
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