amazon.com books taxable if shipped to europe?

[TheEye]

just bought a few books from the us site to have them shipped in the european union as they were quite cheaper than through the uk site and i was wondering if i will be paying tax when they arrive(hence cancelling the price difference)...anybody had a similar experience?...ty

[fraac]

Not on books, I'm pretty sure.

[TheEye]

good...ty...but then why buy from the uk site as you can get them about 30% cheaper from the us?..shouldn't amazon have figured that?

[fraac]

They don't set the exchange rate.

[TheEye]

true

[dj_mercury]

Doesn't depends on the tax legislation of your country? Or with the European union has this changed?

[glimmertwin]

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good...ty...but then why buy from the uk site as you can get them about 30% cheaper from the us?..shouldn't amazon have figured that?

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The cost of the shipping per book evens it out. You can get free shipping on books from Amazon.co.uk. You'll pay about £4 a book on stuff you buy from Amazon.com -- even if it is shipped from Germany.

[DiamondDog]

I'd be surprised if you're charged anything on books. I've bought lots of books from US suppliers, including Amazon.com (I live in the UK) and never had to pay any import duties. (Software's a different matter, but books should be fine.)

[choccypie]

Hmm you could be right; I thought anything over £18 would be taxed, however I've never actually bought books from the US, only clothes and skincare products etc [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] although if the value of the package was marked lower than it actually is, you won't have to pay much if anything at all on top.

[MadMat]

Theres no import duty into the UK on books, not sure about he rest of the EU.

Mat