VAt/customs from UK

If it's for personal use you pay UK VAT at 17.5%. Goods from UK are not imports, but EU acquisitions as they are within the single market. If the camera is for business use by a VAT registered person then UK VAT is not charged once the purchasers VAT number is provided to the vendor.
 
UK retailers will charge you UK VAT on the purchase or if they do more than a certain amount of business into Ireland (c. €50K+ if I recall correctly) then they are obliged to charge Irish VAT.
 
ok so i was thinking of buying from a company in Hongkong. however they have the item in a UK warehouse. value approx 5k.

so is it the Uk VAT or the Irish Vat i would need to pay

PS. personal use
 
If the company is VAT registered in the UK and subject to it not breaching the limit as ClubMan mentioned, then UK VAT would be expected to apply. However this is not clear from the information you have provided. Can you not check with the company what VAT they are charging? That would clarify matters.
 
graham,

sorry to deviate but could you clarify, for services : if you invoice a UK based company do you add VAT to the invoice and if so is it 21% ?
 
If you invoice a UK based company for services you do not charge VAT - presuming you are based in Ireland
 
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company said as product is in UK there will be no customs/VAT due. though i think this is incorrect.
 
mik_da_man said:
If you invoice a UK based company for services you do not charge VAT - presuming you are based in Ireland
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Only if they are VAT registered and provide you with their VAT number.

Apple* said:
company said as product is in UK there will be no customs/VAT due. though i think this is incorrect.
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If its in the UK and for personal use, the price they are quoting you includes UK vat.
If its coming form the UK taxes will be payed to the company you buy the item from and you will have no further obligation to pay VAT/customs
 
you're joking me! :-( just bought it from another company for 300 euro more.

it was listed on ebay as 'all import and vat paid for UK addresses only.' other countries may have to pay any liable Import duties or VAt as per their tax rules.

company is located in hong kong but they had this product in a warehouse in london. Does not say anything about VAT being included in the price. what they do say is if you were charged anything extra, that they would refund you but again it was for UK customers only
 
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