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How to reclaim vat that was added from a uk supplier

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  • 08-01-2022 10:56am
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    homewardbound11
    Registered Users Posts: 908 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    purchased an item from espares.ie . Assumption was they were a Irish operation . Roll on 3 weeks and revenue needed to be paid as the item originated outside the eu.

    emailing the company with no reply as of yet . Has anyone had success reclaiming back the vat from a no eu supplier and if so how did you get them to credit you .

    Thanks



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    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,128 ✭✭✭✭Caranica



    Post edited by Caranica on


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    homewardbound11
    Registered Users Posts: 908 ✭✭✭homewardbound11


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118438570#Comment_118438570

    I can imagine if companies operate like this then their ability to trade outside of the uk as in this case would be very limited . It’s a code of ethics in business . I’ll keep this post updated but I would be confident that any business operating would not want negative impacts that would follow and thus return any monies owed.



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    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,992 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118438721#Comment_118438721

    According to their site they charged Irish VAT. They've either messed up the TARIC codes or haven't made it clear that they've charged Irish VAT

    VAT & Sales Tax

    Product prices on the eSpares website are updated to reflect the delivery destination you have selected.

    You can update your delivery destination by:

    Clicking the (change) link in the International Options area at the top of the website; or

    Selecting your delivery country on the basket page

    The following table outlines the VAT applied to items by destination.

    Country/RegionVAT appliedFrance20.0%Ireland23.0%


    https://www.espares.ie/aboutvat


    Or else they are scamming by pretending to pay Irish VAT but not bothering and making extra money.

    https://ie.trustpilot.com/review/espares.ie



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    Sarn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,083 ✭✭✭Sarn


    Their website says they’re a UK company. They do say that they adjust the VAT to 23% for Ireland. No information on duty etc., so the information may be pre-Brexit and not reliable. Hopefully they have a fairly proper setup and this was only a customs glitch.



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    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 69,011 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    They have an Irish VAT registration. (IE9798962T).

    They either didn't do the dockets for the packet right or the courier firm messed up. Get on to eSpares about it.



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    homewardbound11
    Registered Users Posts: 908 ✭✭✭homewardbound11


    Thank you for the constructive comments . thanks to the above info I was in touch with them and they will refund the vat . So hopefully with will go through ok.

    revenue seem to also have a mechanism for this I this on the citizens information website .

    Thanks again



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    silver2020
    Registered Users Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭silver2020


    It's a simple issue of a UK company not filling in the paperwork properly.


    It's not terribly difficult, but many of them seem to be unable to add a simple code to the labels that prove local vat has been paid.


    In this case espares are entirely at fault



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