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  • 08-03-2013 11:36am
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    martingibson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 14 ✭


    Hi all, If I buy say, a guitar, from a foreign website, am I supposed to pay import duty on it? I just mean privately, I'm not talking about buying a container load to sell....
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    Ravelleman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    If it's from outside the EU then yes, yes you will.


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    martingibson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 14 ✭martingibson


    Ravelleman wrote: »
    If it's from outside the EU then yes, yes you will.

    Thanks Ravellman. Feck that so, they have one in music minds in town 30euro cheaper than thomann.
    (Sorry mr taxman, I wasn't trying to dodge anything, lol!)


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    martinedwards
    Registered Users Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭martinedwards


    I THINK that you only pay import duty from outside the EU, free trade and all thet.

    certainly here in the North, I've bought stuff from Spain at over £300 a time and never had any issues, but £20 from the US and I get caught......


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    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,684 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Yeah it's free trade within the EU, but if you were to buy something from the States or China etc, it'd be subject to 13% customs duty and the VAT on top of that.


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    martingibson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 14 ✭martingibson


    stetyrrell wrote: »
    Yeah it's free trade within the EU, but if you were to buy something from the States or China etc, it'd be subject to 13% customs duty and the VAT on top of that.

    Thanks for the info guys, like I say, I found one in a shop cheaper anyway, and it's less hassle all round. Rather spend my cash in this country too tbh.


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    Ravelleman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    martinedwards wrote: »
    I THINK that you only pay import duty from outside the EU, free trade and all thet.

    certainly here in the North, I've bought stuff from Spain at over £300 a time and never had any issues, but £20 from the US and I get caught......

    Yep, the European Union Customs Union applies equally to the UK. It's not quite free trade as items from outside the Union are taxed.

    No tax from Spain; tax from America.


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    rickian325
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6 ✭rickian325


    It's a wonder the government haven't slapped on some equivalent of vrt onto other stuff.


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    wild turkey
    Registered Users Posts: 625 ✭✭✭wild turkey


    rickian325 wrote: »
    It's a wonder the government haven't slapped on some equivalent of vrt onto other stuff.

    Don't be givin them feckers any ideas :D


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    martingibson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 14 ✭martingibson


    wild turkey wrote: »
    Don't be givin them feckers any ideas :D

    I'm sure they're more than capable of coming up with their own bad ideas, haha! In all seriousness though, a bit more buyimg from Irish businesses rather than sending all our cash abroad would probably be a very good thing in the current climate, i.m.o.


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