Tax when buying from John Hervey/ Ed Uding?

[mnickels]

I am looking to buy a considerable amount of parts from John Hervey and Ed Uding but when I do will I be charged tax on them? The reason I ask is that I bought a diagnostic tool for £110 for my BMW on ebay from asia and when delivered I had to pay £36 to Federal Express tax or something.

[Darren C]

Hi,

As a rule if you buy from any EU country you should'nt pay Tax.

I haven't been taxed on parts from Ed

Best Regards
D

[Bandit]

Yeh, normally you do have to pay tax on stuff, unless they put it down as a 'gift' on the customs form. I've dealt with John & he will normally do this. Don't know about Ed, I've not bought from him.

[Darren C]

As your taking the frame over to him, technically it's only his services your using, so I think it'll be hard for tax to be charged on that!

I'd get as many parts bolted to the frame as possible too ready for it's return.

As I said earlier I've had quite a few parts from Ed without tax, but if your using Fed Ex then that's probably where your going wrong. Those guys would charge tax to send their Grandma on vacation :lol:

Good look
D

[Dan6457]

You will be taxed from DMC Houston. I had some bits ordered recently and got them sent via normal post to try to avoid this and they still nabbed it and I didn't get my parcel for a month!!!

Ive got a new water pipe on order from Ed Uding at the moment which should turn up this week so I'll let you know what happens with that.

[Rich H]

You will not be taxed on parts received from EU countries.
They don't even have to fill in a customs declaration.

Anything from outside the EU is subject to VAT and duty where applicable, unless it is declared as under £18 in value.

Even marking the package as 'Gift' will not guarantee you escape the charges.

The most reliable thing to do is have it marked as "Samples - No Commercial Value". Make sure there are no invoices with the goods, or if there are they should state the value as £0.00. Of course the risk is that if they get lost, you will not be able to claim anything from the carrier as they have it in writing that your package is worthless!

[mnickels]

This could prove rather costly lol. The frame might not be going to Ed as I want to put more into the suspension, brakes and engine. So getting the frame done locally may be the way forward. Even if it is done on mainland UK. Surely there is a furnace somewhere in Ireland to get the epoxy off without twisting the frame

[steve.s]

hi

i gather frost.co.uk has an epoxy stripping solution...not tried it so not sure how good it is.
i would be a bit carefull about putting into a furnace!

and the tax, John H normally says gift and generally does not come with a tax bill!.

[mnickels]

Happy days. I have worked it out at about £2,800 for my parts from Ed and £2,300 from John Hervey as well as considering the SPAX dampers and Martins 4 pot brakes from the UK. So you can see why I don't want to pay tax on the amounts.

I will look into the Epoxy stripper as I too am worried about the furnace. I have read countless restoration logs of peoples fights against the epoxy and hopefully this will be OK. Although the inside of the box section could prove more awkward.

[Rottbott]

It's anecdotal, but my frame was galvanised with the epoxy still on it and came out fine.

[A Van]

I spoke to Andy Snell who had the first frame in this country about his frame restoration, as there had been much discussion regarding the different methods, and I was deciding which route to take myself.

He was actually present in the tank room when his frame was "dipped", and explained the epoxy comes off and floats to the top pretty bloody quickly!!

Also the company concerned are specialists.

[Darren C]

Rottbott Wrote:It's anecdotal, but my frame was galvanised with the epoxy still on it and came out fine.

Now that's magic!

You can't galvanise over epoxy! or change the laws of physics even if you use 1.21giga watts :?

You've been fed a bum steer here.

Best regards
D

[mnickels]

I like the look of that Jasco stuff but haven't seen where it may be available in the UK.

[Dan6457]

You might find that the frame is fine when it arrives. Do you know for sure it actually needs restoring? My frame along with a lot of owners' has never been restored and is still perfectly fine.

Unless you want to build a concours car of course. But then you'll be scared to drive it and there no fun then :wink:

I go with Tony's idea of going to Australia :lol:

[mnickels]

Having two D's gives me the opportunity to enjoy driving one while I restore another and get to know the car. I want to take the opportunity to preserve the frame. I have seen frames which look OK with the epoxy on but when stripped are a mess. From the photos though it doesn't look too bad. You can see them here http://www.deloreans.co.uk/forum/viewtop...c&start=15