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Does anyone know what tax/vat I'm likely to pay on a set of forks I want to buy from Canada? For £500 quid (680 us$/700 C$) Trying to work out if its worth the risk..

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Posted : 30/11/2011 11:09 am
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bump does nobody know the answer...


 
Posted : 30/11/2011 12:57 pm
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[quote= http://www.dutycalculator.com ]Duty Calculator

Duty is charged on the cost of the item plus shipping/insurance, and then you have 20% VAT on top too.. so probably somewhere around the £650 mark...


 
Posted : 30/11/2011 1:58 pm
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according to that link bicycle parts have import duty of 53% ... Flipping heck .


 
Posted : 30/11/2011 2:07 pm
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For bikes it used to be VAT + 14% import duty but I'm not sure if its the same for parts. 53% sounds a bit crazy.


 
Posted : 30/11/2011 2:14 pm
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Depends on country of origin. As long as its not from China the duty should be 4.7% plus VAT and maybe handling.


 
Posted : 30/11/2011 2:17 pm
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What is the country of origin for rockshox? I put it as china , maybe that was my mistake..

edit -according to wikipedia all production is carried out in taiwan. I guess it depends on what the person dealing with taxing it thinks. Hmmm might be too risky.


 
Posted : 30/11/2011 2:22 pm
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Double edit - apparently taiwan is 4.7% the deal is on.


 
Posted : 30/11/2011 2:38 pm