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Posted by Flex on 11/13/05 09:03
Dear all,
I´ve attached an old post on Amazon and taxes. Apparently, in
practice when ordering books, the total ammount of takes collected -
the 6%- must be higher than the equivalent of 15 guilders in euros. Do
you confirm??
Best,
Flex
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The only reason I can think of why your Amazon DVD orders pass through
customs unharmed is that customs thinks that Amazon only ship books. In
Holland the
VAT tariff on most goods (including DVDs) is 17.5%, the tariff for
books is something like 5 or 6 percent. In Holland you have to pay tax
on all non-EEC orders worth more than 50 guilders. That's the theory.
The practice is that you only have to pay Dutch customs when the bill
is fifteen guilders or more. (With amounts lower than fifteen guilders
the money it costs to collect the bill would probably be more than the
bill itself). This means that my online DVD orders shouldn't be more
than 85 guilders (85 * 0.175 = 14.88, just below
the tax limit). Buf I can safely order 290 guilders worth of books
before I cross the fifteen guilders limit. (290 *.005 = 14.50) OK,
still with me? The moral of this story is that I can buy lots and lots
of US books (up to 290 guilders) without paying any taxes. Order 3 DVDs
worth 100 guilders and I have to pay 17,50 guilders taxes. But it could
well be that customs think Amazon only ships books and don't tax you
because your 'book' order hasn't crossed the magical fifteen guilders
limit (or whatever it is in
your country). In fact, this may well be the case. I've ordered DVDs
from Amazon only two times and boh packages (falsely) indicated that
the contents
were books.
Here´s the link for the complete thread:
http://groups.google.de/group/alt.video.dvd/browse_frm/thread/7e51262...
Best,
Flex
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