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Old Sep 12, 2017, 10:57 pm
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Gig103
 
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Originally Posted by ahmetdouas
technically if you bought it in UK without vat and brought it back you are liable to pay vat on the purchase. If you buy it out of eu you are liable for vat and duty! It happened to me when I bought some Abercrombie in the USA and shipped it to Greece. It got stopped in the airport and I went to clear the goods myself and had to pay 23% vat + 12% import duty ! A lot of stamps it must be said!
Yikes, VAT + Duty. In the US we don't pay sales tax on imports, just the duty.
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