[Healeys] VAT

[Alan Seigrist]

Greg -

Are you serious?  This sounds like an outright violation of the
Constitution's Commerce Clause!  I guess the ACLU will take this up...
right.

Best,

Alan

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Greg Lemon <glemon at neb.rr.com> wrote:
> "Fred -
>
> If you order from outside the UK, you don't have to pay VAT.  VAT is sales
> tax.  For you it will be zero.
>
> Same with GST if ordering from Australia, or California sales tax if you
> order from outside of California.  Always zero.
>
> Best,
>
> Alan"
>
> But in the states in the USA which have a "Sales and Use" tax you are
> supposed to declare and pay tax on out of state purchases, probably one of
> the most broken/ignored/unknown tax laws on the books.  They usually only
> collect it on automobiles because you have to license them.
>
> I will add that I have ordered from the UK about half a dozen times and
> never had any delays or issues with customs, but I have talked to others
who
> have, seems to be the luck of the draw to some extent.
>
> Greg Lemon