First of all, I am really sorry about this whole thing and I want to ask you that you be patient with me as I have stumbled upon it just now and honestly I don't know what to make of it.
I will ask Jae to get in here and respond this. No matter what research I do I still can't decisively answer if you will be hit with a double taxation or not. I recommend you reach out to him and ask those things too.
Being one of those asking about "double taxation" in the first place, I would like to apologize for the disturbances it has caused. My reply here is a bit long and as such not specific to the Sagittarius GB - I just do not know where else to post this.
I would like to give a small update in regards to how this affects
Danish customers.
(I know Denmark is a small country, but it is part of the European Union (EU) and at least the rules seem very similar to the Swedish rules on how brexit is handled from an import tax/customs point of view.)
# Double taxation troubleHaving spoken to the Danish authorities on the matter the following can be said:
- Item ordered and
paid for in 2020 -- you pay
UK taxes to the vendor at time of purchase *
- Item
shipped on or after January 1st 2021 -- you pay
import taxes to local authorities
# Shipping is keyThe deciding factor in determining whether you will have to pay import taxes is the
shipping date and that alone.
- If the order is shipped before January 1st 2021 you will
not pay import taxes because the UK is still part of the EU.
- If the order is shipped on or after January 1st 2021 you will pay import taxes (and handling fees) because the UK is no-longer part of the EU.
Let me be clear that this holds true for any order between a
UK vendor and an
EU customer, it is not restricted in anyway to "our little hobby". But because of the GB nature of being largely a waiting game, this applies to any GB run in 2020 with an expected shipping date in 2021.
# Ease the pain a little?TL;DR: Ask vendor to refund UK taxes collected at time of purchase.
From the Danish authorities' point of view, the rules are crystal clear on when and how to determine if import taxes must be payed. (They used the term of "goods entering the European Union" which leads me to believe the same rules apply across the EU as such and not just a Danish interpretation.)
It is up to the vendor to refund the UK taxes paid by the customer when placing the order. That is the official statement.
The specifics of how a UK vendor clears this with the UK authorities is unclear to me, but it is abundantly clear to me that the EU is going to collect import taxes based on shipping date and the rest is up to the UK to handle nationally.
* The vendor
has to collect these taxes on behalf of the UK/EU authorities and is in no way doing this to annoy anyone - just obeying the rules of trade.
