[Arm-netbook] pengpod tablets

[Simon Kenyon]

On 11/20/12 21:11, Peter Steenbergen wrote:
> 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%

we will have to agree to differ. i checked the regulations and tablets 
are not subject to import duty into the EU. i imported 4 a few months 
ago and paid the VAT in import. they would have charged me import duty 
if they could.

see www.dutycalculator.com

>
> All ridiculous if you ask me.
>
> I don't know if they guys of Pengpod have to pay similar stuff in the US.