I have mistaken the 13.9% import tax is for mediaplayers. Never actually looked at the HS code for a tablet.<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:06 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 21:11, Peter Steenbergen wrote:<br>
> In europe if you want to do it fully legally.<br>
><br>
> - You have to pay import tax over the value including the shipping cost.<br>
> For a tablet this is 13.9%<br>
> - You have to pay VAT over the total amount of the<br>
> device+shipping+import tax. VAF in the netherlands for instance is 21%<br>
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</div>we will have to agree to differ. i checked the regulations and tablets<br>
are not subject to import duty into the EU. i imported 4 a few months<br>
ago and paid the VAT in import. they would have charged me import duty<br>
if they could.<br>
<br>
see <a href="http://www.dutycalculator.com" target="_blank">www.dutycalculator.com</a><br>
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> All ridiculous if you ask me.<br>
><br>
> I don't know if they guys of Pengpod have to pay similar stuff in the US.<br>
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