So you want a level playing field Mr. Harvey?

[Jasen Betts]

How come we can buy from the US cheaper than here, even if postage,GST
and duties are added? (Even when the dollar was at 80 cents.) That's
not China BTW and they have to support the US government with duties etc.

US website does not offer "60 months intrese free terms"

 

[terryc]

Australia Post seems to be trying to rub out the independent parcel
delivery guys these days.

I used to get stuff delivered by independents s

It has nothing to do with AP, but the fact that most couriers are
franchise holders for the bigger courier companies. They just collect
and deliver to their area and feed in or collect from the "regional
centre(meeting place). hare for an independent to find enough local work.

 

[terryc]

The coal exporters used to do this in reverse. sold their product at a
low price to subsidiaries overseas who onsold it at the correct world
price, thus avoiding paying full royalty.

How long ago was that?
Royalty was paid on ampount extracted, like 20c a ton(70's).

 

[Petzl]

US website does not offer "60 months intrese free terms"

Don't be fooled
They charge a $$$$$$ account keeping fee instead which is around 3
times what one would pay using a Visa/Mastercard

 

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Don't be fooled
They charge a $$$$$$ account keeping fee instead which is around 3
times what one would pay using a Visa/Mastercard

I remember one of those evening newstainment shows interviewing
Ger about his "no money to pay for a year" plans and he
saying he'd never use them because there were not good deals.

 

[fritz]

Tom wrote


No they dont.

Yes they do.
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm

For example, to buy a Rigol LCD-based DSO from China or the USA, you have to pay VAT but no duty.
To import a real CRO (with a CRT), you have to pay VAT plus 4% duty.
In Germany the VAT is 19%.

So clearly most dont incur VAT and duty.

Only if they are below about 50 Euro in declared value.

 

[fritz]

So you want a level playing field Mr. Harvey?

Here is what you do:
Sell on-line to over 200 countries, but don't charge them the Australian 10% GST. And it is legal.

You can sell to the European Union and save them 20% VAT.

No you can't, unless the value is less than 50 or so Euro.
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm

 

[fritz]

There is no way they have to pay Australian GST, as there is no mechanism in place to collect this tax for the Australian Tax
Office.

However there may be tax and duties payable in the country you are exporting to.
Countries like India, and Brazil are bad, as they generally hit all imports hard. Brazil often wants up to 100% tax. India seems
to change the rules depending on the colour of the customs officer's hair.

Most other countries ignore values less than $100, as it is a matter of how much you spend collecting such a small amount for tax
purposes.

The EU countries all charge their own version of GST plus duty if applicable. The Poms have just put up
their GST to 20%. Germany has charged 19% for many years. You have to search the customs data to
see if what you are importing attracts duty as well.
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm

 

[Don McKenzie]

The EU countries all charge their own version of GST plus duty if applicable. The Poms have just put up
their GST to 20%. Germany has charged 19% for many years. You have to search the customs data to
see if what you are importing attracts duty as well.
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm

Thanks Fritz,

a good reference site.

I saw the Taxation: Commission launches debate on the future of Value Added Tax (VAT) document is available in HTML,
PDF, and DOC, and all in a choice of 22 languages.

After a lot of looking, I found the pdf for VAT rates:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_custom...tion/vat/how_vat_works/rates/vat_rates_en.pdf

WOW!
25% for Denmark, and Sweden.
This is a joke, right?

Cheers Don...



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[Don McKenzie]

No you can't, unless the value is less than 50 or so Euro.
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm

correcto-mondo Fritz

yes it has to be of low value. I am just checking that site out you gave, to see if we have a pdf that covers all countries.

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[fritz]

Thanks Fritz,

a good reference site.

I saw the Taxation: Commission launches debate on the future of Value Added Tax (VAT) document is available in HTML, PDF, and DOC,
and all in a choice of 22 languages.

After a lot of looking, I found the pdf for VAT rates:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_custom...tion/vat/how_vat_works/rates/vat_rates_en.pdf

WOW!
25% for Denmark, and Sweden.
This is a joke, right?

Cheers Don...

More than a few EU countries have max. 25% VAT, but they all have different sub-rates and exemptions etc. for
things like nappies .....

In Germany the tax/duties have to be paid either in advance (hardly ever happens that way, all Internet suppliers
disclaim responsibility) or when you collect the goods. Usually, they will be delivered to your door together with
a customs assessment, which you have to pay on the spot. If you have done your homework and told the supplier
the relevant TARIC code to put on the delivery docket, you will avoid any hassles. For example, if I wanted to buy
a Rigol DSO from a Hong Kong internet supplier, I would have to quote the relevant TARIC code from :
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_custom...0101221&Area=HK&Taric=9030200000&LangDescr=en
I can't avoid the 19% German VAT (MWST in Kraut-speak!), but I could avoid an extra 4% duty by noting that the
Rigol is not a 'CRT oscilloscope', it is an 'electronic oscilloscope'. Such is the crap in the detail of GST laws everywhere.

 

[Rod Speed]

fritz wrote

Yes they do.
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm

No they dont in the sense of charging that on all transactions, regardless of how low value they are.

They dont for example charge that in stuff you bring in with you on a plane flight etc.

They have exemptions, just like we do.

For example, to buy a Rigol LCD-based DSO from China or the USA, you have to pay VAT but no duty. To import a real CRO
(with a CRT), you have to pay VAT plus 4% duty.

Not on every transaction.

In Germany the VAT is 19%.

Only if they are below about 50 Euro in declared value.

Same with us. The only thing that varys is the value below which they dont bother.

And it isnt universally 50 euro either.

 

[fritz]

fritz wrote


No they dont in the sense of charging that on all transactions, regardless of how low value they are.

They dont for example charge that in stuff you bring in with you on a plane flight etc.

They have exemptions, just like we do.

I thought the thread topic was buying on the internet, not passenger allowances.
Passenger allowances are completely different from the import regulations.

Not on every transaction.

You will have to pay 19% VAT on any oscilloscope imported into the EU . The extra 4% duty is just for CRT CRO's.

Same with us. The only thing that varys is the value below which they dont bother.

And it isnt universally 50 euro either.

No, that's a ballpark figure. The exemptions kick in when the duty payable would be
less than a certain amount, which varies according to the goods.
I can tell you with absolute certainty that you will pay 19% VAT on an item like a Rigol DSO,
which comes from outside the EU because I have asked Customs that exact question,
based on a value of USD400.
One exemption is if you are a salesman and you are importing samples - special
allowances apply. But if you try that as a scam and they find out you could get a 50k fine.

http://www.zoll.de/english_version/faq/b0_customs_procedures/index.html#customs_procedures15
http://www.zoll.de/english_version/...non_ec_countries/index.html#non_ec_countries1

 

[Rod Speed]

fritz wrote

I thought the thread topic was buying on the internet, not passenger allowances.

Passenger allowances are completely different from the import regulations.

Nope, just another example of what doesnt get charge the GST or equivalent.

And you just ignored my point that even with internet transactions, EVERYONE
has exemption levels, its just the level that varys between countrys.

NO ONE charges GST or its equivalent on all stuff received from outside the country.

You will have to pay 19% VAT on any oscilloscope imported into the EU. The extra 4% duty is just for CRT CRO's.

Pity about other cheaper stuff that comes in VAT free.

No, that's a ballpark figure. The exemptions kick in when the duty
payable would be less than a certain amount, which varies according to the goods.

And we used to have that system ourselves, and then got a clue
and have the more easily administered system we now have instead.

I can tell you with absolute certainty that you will pay 19% VAT on
an item like a Rigol DSO, which comes from outside the EU because I have asked Customs that exact question, based on a
value of USD400.

And plenty of other stuff doesnt see you pay any VAT when its imported.

AND you pay GST if you import that Rigol DSO into australia, ANYWAY.

One exemption is if you are a salesman and you are importing samples - special allowances apply. But if you try that
as a scam and they find out you could get a 50k fine.

We have the same thing.

http://www.zoll.de/english_version/faq/b0_customs_procedures/index.html#customs_procedures15
http://www.zoll.de/english_version/...non_ec_countries/index.html#non_ec_countries1

And that says that lower value items dont get charged VAT, just like we dont.

 

[Petzl]

No, that's a ballpark figure. The exemptions kick in when the duty payable would be
less than a certain amount, which varies according to the goods.
I can tell you with absolute certainty that you will pay 19% VAT on an item like a Rigol DSO,
which comes from outside the EU because I have asked Customs that exact question,
based on a value of USD400.
One exemption is if you are a salesman and you are importing samples - special
allowances apply. But if you try that as a scam and they find out you could get a 50k fine.

Fact is Austalia has no duty on imported goods. This was replaced with
a "point of sale" GST (Grab Snatch & Take).

 

[SG1]

Fact is Austalia has no duty on imported goods. This was replaced with
a "point of sale" GST (Grab Snatch & Take).

Sorry but it is the Get Stuffed Tax.

 

[fritz]

fritz wrote



Nope, just another example of what doesnt get charge the GST or equivalent.

You are hardly going to fly overseas just to buy something duty-free though,
so it isn't relevant.

And you just ignored my point that even with internet transactions, EVERYONE
has exemption levels, its just the level that varys between countrys.

NO ONE charges GST or its equivalent on all stuff received from outside the country.

I used the Rigol DSO as a relevant example. AFAIK all electronic goods attract the 19% VAT.
(I am in Germany, and am referring to importing from non-EU countries like USA, China etc.)

Pity about other cheaper stuff that comes in VAT free.

Like nappies or food, maybe ? They are untaxed.
AFAIK all electronic imports from non-EU countries attract the full VAT, and that is what
most people here would be interested in importing.

And we used to have that system ourselves, and then got a clue
and have the more easily administered system we now have instead.


And plenty of other stuff doesnt see you pay any VAT when its imported.

Like nappies ? Electronic stuff does attract VAT if it exceeds the minimum value.

AND you pay GST if you import that Rigol DSO into australia, ANYWAY.

Because it costs more than the minimum set for exemption. Same as here.

We have the same thing.


And that says that lower value items dont get charged VAT, just like we dont.

Exactly, if you buy a DSO or something that costs a few hundred, you pay VAT.
If you buy a few LEDs etc. you don't pay any VAT.

 

[Rod Speed]

fritz wrote

You are hardly going to fly overseas just to buy something duty-free though,

But plenty do take the opportunity when on a trip to buy stuff more cheaply
than they can get it at home.

so it isn't relevant.
Wrong.

I used the Rigol DSO as a relevant example.

No it is not, because you pay GST on something like that when you import that into this country.

AFAIK all electronic goods attract the 19% VAT.

Thats just plain wrong with the cheapest stuff.

(I am in Germany, and am referring to importing from non-EU countries like USA, China etc.)

Like nappies or food, maybe ? They are untaxed.

So are the cheaper electronics items too.

AFAIK all electronic imports from non-EU countries attract the full VAT,

Nope, it doesnt apply to the cheapest stuff.

and that is what most people here would be interested in importing.
Wrong.

Like nappies ?

Nope, the cheaper stuff.

Electronic stuff does attract VAT if it exceeds the minimum value.

Does here too.

Because it costs more than the minimum set for exemption. Same as here.

So that example isnt relevant, we pay GST when we import that, like I said.

Exactly, if you buy a DSO or something that costs a few hundred, you pay VAT.

And we pay GST when we import one of those too.

If you buy a few LEDs etc. you don't pay any VAT.

So there is no fundamental difference at all, just a different minimum value, like I said.

And in the case of germany, different rules apply to imports from EU countrys too.