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HI everyone,
I was looking at getting one of these
http://www.banditmania.co.uk/digital_clocks.htm
Does anyone know if we pay the VAT if we buy direct?

i dont think u would but it may still pass through customs here and u may need to pay tax on it then

jpbikeboy wrote:HI everyone,
I was looking at getting one of these
http://www.banditmania.co.uk/digital_clocks.htm
Does anyone know if we pay the VAT if we buy direct?

..not if they complete an export dec
but
as ozx6r sez you are likely to be up for GST here
(unless they cost less than $50..or your senders papers
state they are worth less than $50 )


hth

cheers

Fekin' GST. How many times do we have to pay bloody tax in this bloddy country, and our roads are still shit. Don't get me started.

no you should'nt pay VAT

Well it just recently changes.

U dont have to pay GST or duty on anything valued up to $1000AUD. The $1000 also includes the frieght component.

So if an item is worth $20 and cost $10 to freight u dont have to pay Duty or GST.

If an item is worth $20 and cost $981 to frieght (bringing the total value to $1001) then they will evaluate it and make a decision on whether u have to pay Duty and GST. Most of the time the decision is Yes.

The duty component may reflect the VAT percentage and they apply GST onto that.

In short, if it under $1000AUD then ur ok.

Have a read here:
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=5549

my bikes already got that neway...lol

VAT should only be included for orders within UK (17.5%), will be up to import customs to collect Aus duty & as said under $1000 it won't apply.

Also note that the site is Spewie based, aimed primairly at the Bandit. Not sure if they only do Spewie connections or cater for other makes.

I checked and they're good for all types. I'm thinking of getting one.