I live in the UK.

How does it work?

On UK sites it says if u r buying from outside the UK, u dont have to pay V.A.T.

So does it work if i buy from say a US company? How does the stuff get through customs etc?

I want 2 b a tax dodger & save £££'s on a new PC!

Also can anyone recomend an international company that ships 2 the UK & deducts tax.

Thanx 4 any help.

As far as I know you are legally obliged to pay import tax on imported goods bought outside of the EU.

I can't remember if its called 'import tax' or how it fares when compared with VAT but it would be a mistake for you to think that no tax is involved. You wouldn't want your nice new PC siezed in customs now would you? :)

I don't know how to dodge it, but i know it can work out expensive buying from abroad.
I got a jap gamecube and a few games(around £350) the package got here ok.
But about a month later i got a customs bill for £70!!! :mad:

If you buy from the USA under $50 will get theough customs with no tax.

Also prices are alot cheaper in the USA compared to the UK..

I export to the UK all the time and always put down the item is a gift worth $40 and no one has had to pay any duties yet !

within reason that'll work ... dunno with a spanking new gleaming computer though!

This is fact::

If you import goods into the UK you will have to pay VAT unless the goods are samples(vat + duty free) you have to be a company to import samples.

Computer parts are duty free but you will have to pay VAT on them at 17.5% so add this to teprice advertised.

The reason you pay these charges is to protect the british economy , if goods are ready available which computer parts are in the UK the government want you to buy from here.

The good thing is that ifyou are VAT reg'd then you can claim the VAT back on your end of year returns.

There is a "free " limit which is 18.00 GBP anything under and customs aren't interested.

So remember to add the VAT on top of overseas purchases, you can find out what duty rate is payable on goods by phoning your local customs

Hope this clears it up

There is other ways of duty relief and stuff but i'm not going into to much depth or you'll get confused

Yeah ... but marking the document as a gift with a small value does work ... I've done several purchases from the USA and never been asked for duty or VAT yet.