WheelchairDriver

The European Union's 27 member states have agreed to remove the customs duty exemption for low-cost packages, a move that will affect online retailers like Shein and Temu. This decision, which will likely result in the taxation of low-value parcels, follows similar actions by the United States and aims to address issues of fair competition and regulatory compliance.

> https://finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-commi ... 57718.html


I don't buy from those stores, but I do from Aliexpress.

Leave the EU communist unelected dictatorship. Simple.

I have never paid any tax on anything I ever bought in china, or HK and that includes hundreds of small things as well as a bunch of large things. Like battery terminals, flux, Rc Receivers etc. Small things can be 2 to 30 pounds.

Large things can be £117 (my new soldering iron from aliexpress and its already arrived! in 5 days) to a Nikon Z8 camera body to replace the one I sold at around £2.3K a couple of years ago.


Tax? Customs? Not in 30 years.

From the USA you tend to get charged by customs around every 2nd or 3rd item ordered. Depends on shipping company. Dont use USP or UK Post Office! If you get charged customs charges its usually 20% VAT on the "estimated" cost of the item, plus around £3 to £7 "charges" by a delivery company whatever that might be for! Unless shipped as low value or used, or whatever. And then generally its free.

From the EU say spain or germany, poland etc (my carer ordered a gearbox for his 4x4) I ordered some new hobby parts from spain recently never any customs or VAT charges at all. Same from all of Oceana countries inc Australia. £0 over the last 30 years in charges.

This place for e.g sells cameras at around 1/2 to 2/3rds the UK or EU normal prices.

Want to save £1000 on a camera body?
https://www.cotswoldcameras.co.uk/Nikon ... amera-Body

Then, they say that IF you are charged VAT/customs, that they will refund you that amount. In all the years I used such companies, aliexpress, hobby shops, etc inc docan batteries for power wheelchairs never once has it happened.