That is the worst import tax I ever heard of. Can anyone top that?
Dave 72 B (Yank)
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Martin Rogovein" <rmartin@yedtech.co.il>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 11:38 PM
Subject: Import Duties
All you Brits and Yanks should be happy that parts are availible and that
import duties aren't any higher than they are.
I just ordered almost $500 worth of various bits from Moss UK, only to
discover that the import duties here in Israel on car parts for personal use
are a whopping 85%! (FWIW, when I checked this before ordering, I was told
12% over the phone - a number that noone has ever heard now that the parts
have actually arrived and I have to pay for them). Then, they add on to
that another 17% VAT, meaning that I pay more in taxes than the actual cost
of the parts. Yeesh. I wouldn't complain so much if there were spares
available, but there are only 10-15 running B's in the whole country.
The sacrifices we make to keep our MGs on the roads,
R. Martin Rogovein
Tel Aviv, Israel.
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