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You can't pay UK vat already in NL.
That puts the Dutch at a considerable disadvantage if you cannot pay UK import duty in advance?
I haven’t bought anything from the EU since we left (simply because I haven’t needed to),
so don’t know if this only applies to the Netherlands?
Looking online it seems not….?
Ian
You can never pay your own countries VAT in another country. These are no new rules but now apply to you Brits also as non EU. When I buy something in Swiss that isn't EU I have to pay VAT at import in NL. It's the same as buying parts in th USA. VAT is paid at import at the customs in the country of the end user. As a Brit it's paying in the UK.
Paying up front is a business earning model of couriers. You pay upfront the VAT to the courier AND their fees to arrange so the courier does pay the VAT at import in the UK for you so no delay's or hassle at the delivery. There's no such thing of paying VAT in front at the customs or already in the country of the seller.
The only warning is that make sure your invoice is VAT exempt buying in any country as at your customs you pay VAT of the total of the invloice including shipping. So When you buy in any country over the world, you don't have to pay VAT in the sellers country and make sure of that. If there's VAT on the invoice you pay VAT in the UK again over the VAT what you paid in the sellers country also.
I'm familiar with these rules as I buy all over the world but maybe a few of you don't know that there's no VAT has to be paid anymore after your Brexit buying in another country. Take your advantage and watch your invoices before paying buying outside the UK.
Jeroen
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