[Arm-netbook] pengpod tablets

[Peter Steenbergen]

In europe if you want to do it fully legally.

- You have to pay import tax over the value including the shipping cost.
For a tablet this is 13.9%
- You have to pay VAT over the total amount of the device+shipping+import
tax. VAF in the netherlands for instance is 21%

All ridiculous if you ask me.

I don't know if they guys of Pengpod have to pay similar stuff in the US.


On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Simon Kenyon <simon at koala.ie> wrote:

> On 11/20/12 02:03, cnxsoft wrote:
> > It also depends where you live. In my case, if I become a sponsor of a
> > product in the US or Europe sold via indiegogo, I'll have to pay the
> > import tax an/or VAT of the country of shipment (indirectly but it's
> > added in Indiegogo) + the import and VAT tax in my own country. Double
> > whammy!
> >
> > Whereas if I buy from China, I've seldom have to pay any taxes because
> > of the lower price (below a threshold there is no tax to pay) and some
> > Chinese companies can be extremely cooperative...
>
> you only have to pay VAT on import to the EU. there is no import tax.
>
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