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<blockquote data-quote="QKXV" data-source="post: 121418">Are you sure it&#039;s not import tax instead of VAT? I thought VAT only applies to products bought in this country, you would&#039;ve had to pay import tax at entry point so VAT would not apply.UPS would&#039;ve paid the import tax to get the items released from customs and now charging you for it. These charges are usually applied at the door on receipt of the goods. The seller would&#039;ve put a value down on their invoice and customs decide what amount of import tax from that value, often sellers put a higher value so they can claim back more should the items get lost.Interestingly, if the sender had put down &quot;GIFT&quot; or RETURNING GOODS TO OWNER&quot; you&#039;d have most likeley not have paid anything. Why not phone HMR Customs and find out how much you&#039;d have to pay, it&#039;s possible the sender had inflated the invoice like I mention above or even worse, it might be that UPS is skimming money off the top or adding to import tax.(although it&#039;s highly unlikely that they would do that) Carriers like UPS, DHL and TNT undergo very rigorous auditing by HMR Customs, chances are very small that they&#039;d make a blatant error, especially when it comes to tax. It could cause massive harm to their reputation and the industry is very competitive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="QKXV, post: 121418"] Are you sure it's not import tax instead of VAT? I thought VAT only applies to products bought in this country, you would've had to pay import tax at entry point so VAT would not apply. UPS would've paid the import tax to get the items released from customs and now charging you for it. These charges are usually applied at the door on receipt of the goods. The seller would've put a value down on their invoice and customs decide what amount of import tax from that value, [b]often sellers put a higher value so they can claim back more should the items get lost[/b].Interestingly, if the sender had put down "GIFT" or RETURNING GOODS TO OWNER" you'd have most likeley not have paid anything. Why not phone HMR Customs and find out how much you'd have to pay, it's possible the sender had inflated the invoice like I mention above or even worse, it might be that UPS is skimming money off the top or adding to import tax.(although it's highly unlikely that they would do that) Carriers like UPS, DHL and TNT undergo very rigorous auditing by HMR Customs, chances are very small that they'd make a blatant error, especially when it comes to tax. It could cause massive harm to their reputation and the industry is very competitive. [/QUOTE]

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