Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/11

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Subject: Re: VAT and customs (WAS: [Leica] Texas Leica-on sale)
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:01:56 +0100
References: <B6AB1F94.5B62%howard.390@osu.edu>

Martin Howard wrote:

> Or try 25% in Sweden.  On top of the 5% or so customs.  Both of which, BTW,
> get take shipping cost into consideration during the calculation.  Yeah,
> importing stuff to Sweden is just an exercise in joy...

Not if the sender is within the EU. Then you have paid VAT in the country of
origin and there is no customs duty in Sweden. The difference between, say,
Germany's 16% VAT and Sweden's 25% is one of the things that makes shopping
online interesting.

Nathan
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In reply to: Message from Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> (Re: [Leica] Texas Leica-on sale)