aribert@c3net.net wrote:
Recently I purchased an instrument cluster for a Vauxhall from a
salvage
yard and had it shipped from the UK to the US. Cost was 30 pound for
the part, 48 pound for shipping (plus VAT on both the part and
shipping). BTW, the boxed instrument cluster weight was less than 2
lbs. In my case the salvage yard did not ship internationally and
they
handed the box over to a shipping company who intern used UPS. I
probably could have saved myself the 17% for VAT but trying to explain
(to someone in the UK that does not ship parts out of the country)
that
VAT does not apply to export items (as I understand it) seemed futile.
One might even query whether the salvage yard was VAT registered?
Perhaps "they haven't quite got around to it yet"?
Moral? If you buy salvaged parts from UK scrapyards for shipment
overseas,
don't necessarily assume or expect them to be registered for anything
except dealing
with salvage. The majority are geared strictly for UK business and the
finer points on VAT refunds "go right over their heads."
Jonmac
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