Customs Charge Wrong?

luvs2spooge

Hello all,

Hope this isnt the wrong place to post. Ive been trawling this site for a similar thread but didnt see too many recent ones so said id start a new one!

Anyway, i recently ordered clothes form the US as i have done numerous occasions before. I knew i would have to pay import duty and VAT-no problem there either!

But theres no way the price of the charges can be right.

The lowdown:

Clothes total $391 + $50 shipping = $441 which is €316

Duty Charge = €35.04

VAT = €68.68

Post Office Charge = €6

TOTAL I WAS CHARGED = €109.72

From all thte times i got clothes before imported i was charge 12% on the overall price for thte Duty charge, then add this on and then work out the VAT at 21%.

Basically my query is, does this charge seem wrong to people or has there been a genuine mistake here and if so how do i go about recouping/appeal the mistake made?

What I believe has happened is that the person computing this in Customs has forgotten to change the overall total of the goods from Dollars to Euros i.e the origianal total of $441 was taken as being €441 Euros.

Id really appreciate help on this matter, so thanks in advance.

Thoie

According to your 12% + 21% that looks around right to me

€316 x 12 % = €37.92

VAT on €316+€37.92 (353.92) = €74.32

Add 6 euro for An Post comes to €118.24

I'd assume the €9 difference comes from a more favourable exchange rate.

Edit:
After "reverse engineering" your charges, you were charged on €292.0045 worth of goods. Maybe they didn't include the shipping in the Duty/VAT calcs?

luvs2spooge

Thoie wrote: »

According to your 12% + 21% that looks around right to me

€316 x 12 % = €37.92

VAT on €316+€37.92 (353.92) = €74.32

Add 6 euro for An Post comes to €118.24

I'd assume the €9 difference comes from a more favourable exchange rate.


But should be the final total not be €74.32?? plus the €6??

luvs2spooge

Ok i realise my mistake....eventually!!

Cheers for the help and pointing me in the right direction!