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MG TD TF 1500 - VAT ??

I've heard before that we don't pay VAT in the states, but I just contacted Brown & Gammons to confirm this. Their prices in US dollars include the VAT, if we don't pay it, why do they include it? Do they deduct this automatically? How do you figure what the VAT figure is? Confused. PJ
Paul S Jennings

I've never had that happen... They are not required to charge VAT.
Geoffrey M Baker

Just tell them you are ordering from the USA and they will automatically remove the VAT charged. Happens all the time. Often UK prices do NOT include VAT, which sometimes gets confusing.

Tom Lange
MGT Repair
t lange

Paul,
No VAT. This is what the invoice looks like.
Mort

Mort 50 TD (Mobius)

OK, Thanks fellas. I want a couple things that Moss doesn't have and they do. The value added tax had me confused and understanding that we don't have to pay it, what if anything can be done about it. Now I know. PJ
Paul S Jennings

If a business is based in the UK, and may make retail sales to UK based buyers, their price list MUST show the VAT inclusive price. Sorry it is inconvenient to non-EU buyers.

For buyers with a delivery address outside the EU, most accounting systems will automatically charge the ex-VAT prices, and some web sites recognise where you are accessing them from and will display the ex-VAT price. But that is really for the big boys who can afford expensive engines to drive their sites.
Ian Bowers

Off topic - guess ya'll didn't get blown away last nite? Looked a bit hairy around the 4 corners for a while. Dan
Dan Craig

Paul,

... a simple solution.

Contact your local British Consulate or British Trade Commission (usually an 800 nbr). Tell them your story. They should send you the forms for a VAT rebate.

I have done it several times and I always get the rebate, albeit a few months down the road ...

Gord Clark
Rockburn, Qué.
Gordon A Clark

I actually dropped into their store one day and since I bent the salesman's ear for a while I felt obligated to buy something.

I picked up their nicely red anodized version of the rear seal kit but had to pay VAT, of course. If I had been leaving by airline I could have recovered the tax. B&G will provide the form and the item can be inspected at the airline terminal. Since I wasn't departing on an airliner I ate the tax.
JE Carroll

Just received word from Brown & Gammons about the VAT. If your registered with them and the address is outside the UK, VAT is automatically removed while order is being processed. PJ
Paul S Jennings

This thread was discussed between 28/04/2014 and 29/04/2014

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