Hi,does anyone in the Uk know,if you have to pay any VAT or customs duties when getting a whistle sent from the states?
The short answer is yes.
However, in practice sometimes you get hit for it and sometimes you don’t. It seems to rest really on the value the sender puts on the Customs Declaration. Bear in mind that if you get caught for VAT you will also be charged Import Duty and a charge from Royal Mail (usually about £7.00)for collecting the payment.
If it’s a Burke you’re thinking of buying order it from Mick O’Brien in Dublin (a really helpful and friendly guy as well as a great player) and you escape all risk of these charges and can still pay by credit card on Michael Burke’s website.
Hope this helps.
Probably both, I’m afraid, although you might get away with it if it’s a cheap one. See here for full details.
Thank,s for the replies,It’s a Busman I will be getting,but I just wanted to check out the situation regarding this…looks like I’ll have to pay 