Reclaiming VAT when driving back/Condor
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HotJambalaya said:
Anyone know how to do this?
I briefly saw the little postbox thing once, and missed it.
Do you need one of those vat forms from whoever you've bought items from to use that? or can you show customs just a receipt and arrange a refund of the VAT?
Hi,I briefly saw the little postbox thing once, and missed it.
Do you need one of those vat forms from whoever you've bought items from to use that? or can you show customs just a receipt and arrange a refund of the VAT?
You had a number of responses to your May thread on the same topic. Guernsey customs won't refund VAT as I understand it. You need to export without VAT. A good dealer in the UK should be able to help, or there are some independent firms that will do the paperwork for a fee. Obviously all dependent on the car being VAT qualifying. The HMRC have some good explanatory notes together with forms on their website.
Apologies for the confusion, this isn't a car, this is "stuff". Refurbishing a house in Jersey and will be taking a load of materials and fittings with me, and wanted to claim the vat back.
However subsequent investigations have shown its a little harder, I need a vat claim back form which most hardware companies don't do...
However subsequent investigations have shown its a little harder, I need a vat claim back form which most hardware companies don't do...
HotJambalaya said:
Apologies for the confusion, this isn't a car, this is "stuff". Refurbishing a house in Jersey and will be taking a load of materials and fittings with me, and wanted to claim the vat back.
However subsequent investigations have shown its a little harder, I need a vat claim back form which most hardware companies don't do...
Cars are easier methinks However subsequent investigations have shown its a little harder, I need a vat claim back form which most hardware companies don't do...
Perversely, the stuff you carry over to Jersey is probably cheaper with VAT than buying in Jersey, but if you could get the VAT back too!!
cibble10 said:
Cars are easier methinks
Perversely, the stuff you carry over to Jersey is probably cheaper with VAT than buying in Jersey, but if you could get the VAT back too!!
yeah, it has me salivating a bit!Perversely, the stuff you carry over to Jersey is probably cheaper with VAT than buying in Jersey, but if you could get the VAT back too!!
Depending just how far I want to go (which in truth isn't massively far!) but I reckon its almost better me buying a van in london (a vat qualifier of course!
) and then buying everything and driving it over, would end up with a free van with the savings...For example, I drove over recently with a copper hot water cylinder, £600 in jersey, paid £174 inc VAT in london... However the plot thickened a bit, it turned out the one in Jersey is thicker, which in london would have been £336 inc vat. It would have been nice getting the VAT back on that.... I actually briefly considered bringing about 6 of them over with me (now suddenly we're talking about £400 vat back) since my plumber said I'd have no problem shifting them for £450 a pop. Whilst I'm not exactly planning a career in the copper cylinder business, sticking a spare 1 or 2 in the back if I had space would have been good.
I'm planning on buying a new kitchen too, 12 units and some appliances, so all in all, it would have been a good plan. Apparently I have to ask the retailer to very kindly ask HMRC to supply them with the forms, which is a bit of paper work and takes a few weeks.
I'll have to see, but the savings could well make it worth while.
HotJambalaya said:
yeah, it has me salivating a bit!
Depending just how far I want to go (which in truth isn't massively far!) but I reckon its almost better me buying a van in london (a vat qualifier of course! ) and then buying everything and driving it over, would end up with a free van with the savings...
For example, I drove over recently with a copper hot water cylinder, £600 in jersey, paid £174 inc VAT in london... However the plot thickened a bit, it turned out the one in Jersey is thicker, which in london would have been £336 inc vat. It would have been nice getting the VAT back on that.... I actually briefly considered bringing about 6 of them over with me (now suddenly we're talking about £400 vat back) since my plumber said I'd have no problem shifting them for £450 a pop. Whilst I'm not exactly planning a career in the copper cylinder business, sticking a spare 1 or 2 in the back if I had space would have been good.
I'm planning on buying a new kitchen too, 12 units and some appliances, so all in all, it would have been a good plan. Apparently I have to ask the retailer to very kindly ask HMRC to supply them with the forms, which is a bit of paper work and takes a few weeks.
I'll have to see, but the savings could well make it worth while.
Sounds likes a plan. I would do the same. As you probably know folks do rent local vans so they can buy furniture and similar on the mainland and bring it back. More choice, cheaper, and often no VAT. Depending just how far I want to go (which in truth isn't massively far!) but I reckon its almost better me buying a van in london (a vat qualifier of course!
) and then buying everything and driving it over, would end up with a free van with the savings...For example, I drove over recently with a copper hot water cylinder, £600 in jersey, paid £174 inc VAT in london... However the plot thickened a bit, it turned out the one in Jersey is thicker, which in london would have been £336 inc vat. It would have been nice getting the VAT back on that.... I actually briefly considered bringing about 6 of them over with me (now suddenly we're talking about £400 vat back) since my plumber said I'd have no problem shifting them for £450 a pop. Whilst I'm not exactly planning a career in the copper cylinder business, sticking a spare 1 or 2 in the back if I had space would have been good.
I'm planning on buying a new kitchen too, 12 units and some appliances, so all in all, it would have been a good plan. Apparently I have to ask the retailer to very kindly ask HMRC to supply them with the forms, which is a bit of paper work and takes a few weeks.
I'll have to see, but the savings could well make it worth while.
Good luck with it all.
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