In europe if you want to do it fully legally.<div><br></div><div>- You have to pay import tax over the value including the shipping cost. For a tablet this is 13.9%</div><div>- You have to pay VAT over the total amount of the device+shipping+import tax. VAF in the netherlands for instance is 21%</div>
<div><br></div><div>All ridiculous if you ask me.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't know if they guys of Pengpod have to pay similar stuff in the US.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Simon Kenyon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon@koala.ie" target="_blank">simon@koala.ie</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 11/20/12 02:03, cnxsoft wrote:<br>
> It also depends where you live. In my case, if I become a sponsor of a<br>
> product in the US or Europe sold via indiegogo, I'll have to pay the<br>
> import tax an/or VAT of the country of shipment (indirectly but it's<br>
> added in Indiegogo) + the import and VAT tax in my own country. Double<br>
> whammy!<br>
><br>
> Whereas if I buy from China, I've seldom have to pay any taxes because<br>
> of the lower price (below a threshold there is no tax to pay) and some<br>
> Chinese companies can be extremely cooperative...<br>
<br>
</div>you only have to pay VAT on import to the EU. there is no import tax.<br>
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