Rolex and fedex london

[amracer]

Hello guys,
Recently i have purchased my rolex from USA to London by fedex priority international. today i have received mail from fedex that says i have to pay tax and vat. Did anyone face the same thing with fedex ? especially i did the same thing few months ago and no one mail me to pay tax and vat!

[Laszlo]

Originally Posted by amracer

Hello guys,
Recently i have purchased my rolex from USA to London by fedex priority international. today i have received mail from fedex that says i have to pay tax and vat. Did anyone face the same thing with fedex ? especially i did the same thing few months ago and no one mail me to pay tax and vat!

A while back I purchased a watch from Israel, and upon arrival to the US, I got a call from FedEx that I had to pay duties. And even after that, a fews months later, I got a letter from the California tax board, that I had to pay "them" a tax as well. Never again.

[KBM]

Yes, that's common with Fedex, I had the same happen to me in Brazil.

[Rogdogg]

I have had it happen on other items with FedEx , but not on a watch.

[DiamondJack]

Originally Posted by amracer

Hello guys,
Recently i have purchased my rolex from USA to London by fedex priority international. today i have received mail from fedex that says i have to pay tax and vat. Did anyone face the same thing with fedex ? especially i did the same thing few months ago and no one mail me to pay tax and vat!

Anything coming in to the UK from outside the EU will be liable to an import tax of 20% plus a handling fee. The tax is based on the declared value or, if felt to be undervalued on the declaration, on the perceived value.

In theory taxable items will suffer a tax charge if its worth collecting and typically this is anything over £9 in tax.....so items with a value of over £45...... Unfortunately, the watch will not be released until the tax is paid.....

This is not a Fedex issue but just UK customs and will apply to any carrier.

[Dan_lie]

I think fedex actually has its own department for processing VAT for the gov in UK. Ive always been charged tax with them but never with other companies.

[amracer]

Originally Posted by DiamondJack

Anything coming in to the UK from outside the EU will be liable to an import tax of 20% plus a handling fee. The tax is based on the declared value or, if felt to be undervalued on the declaration, on the perceived value.

In theory taxable items will suffer a tax charge if its worth collecting and typically this is anything over £9 in tax.....so items with a value of over £45...... Unfortunately, the watch will not be released until the tax is paid.....

This is not a Fedex issue but just UK customs and will apply to any carrier.

the watch is with me for few weeks and i just received the mail from fedex!

[amracer]

Originally Posted by Dan_lie

I think fedex actually has its own department for processing VAT for the gov in UK. Ive always been charged tax with them but never with other companies.

as i mentioned previously that one year ago i bought a watch from US to UK without paying tax and vat.

[learningtofly]

Originally Posted by amracer

the watch is with me for few weeks and i just received the mail from fedex!

Yes - that's frustrating but not unusual.

[nickb732]

Yup. I got that letter, it's the law that you have to pay vat.

[RICHARD_LEWIS]

Yep, had this before with FedEx for something else and the tax letter arrived a couple of weeks after the delivery. It's UK customs, not FedEx, so no choice but to pay