Re: Figure questions; Advisce requested
From: Tony Francis <tony@b...>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:39:57 +0100
Subject: Re: Figure questions; Advisce requested
Kevin Balentine wrote:
>One more thing to consider when ordering from Jon at GZG: The prices on
>the website include the Value Added Tax (VAT), a tax that doesn't apply
to
>orders from the U.S. Jon, unlike some other mail order shops, takes
that
>price off for his customers outside the European Union.
>
VAT is only applied to companies whose annual turnover is over a certain
threshold (can't remember what the threshold is - in the order of
30-40000UKP). Many 'hobby level' companies aren't large enough and so
don't qualify to pay VAT, so they can't take off what they don't put on.
Tony