Looking for a big covered well (28mm)

[Essex Boy]

15. I’m younger than I look

Can that even be possible?

[FreddBloggs]

The £8 is the amount the Government feels happy for you to pay to its agent so that it doesn't have to employ a few civil servants.

It's the £8 agents fee that is the rip off.
I am sure that adding say £1 to the duty would easily cover the cost of contacting recipients directly for payment before releasing the item for delivery. It was always meant as a way of adding revenue to the Royal Mail rather than a genuine, necessary service.

Wrong on so many levels. Firstly have something DHL collect duty on....

Secondly it is a fixed collection fee, all collections (even into the hundreds of thousands) accrue the same charge.

Thirdly, will all go away after brexit, as VAT in the UK is an eec/eu imposition.

[grizzlymc]

Lucky EB is out of it then.

[Ilkley Old School]

No doubt we will reintroduce Purchase Tax, which was replaced by VAT, and was levied on goods at different rates based on perceived luxury of the item.

If this did happen I wonder if Purchase Tax on certain periods will be higher than others. Napoleonics will surely be the highest with those Luxury uniforms.

Good news for Peeler will be that Pies will not be taxed at all.

[Essex Boy]

The £8 is the amount the Government feels happy for you to pay to its agent so that it doesn't have to employ a few civil servants.

It's the £8 agents fee that is the rip off.
I am sure that adding say £1 to the duty would easily cover the cost of contacting recipients directly for payment before releasing the item for delivery. It was always meant as a way of adding revenue to the Royal Mail rather than a genuine, necessary service.

Wrong on so many levels. Firstly have something DHL collect duty on....

Secondly it is a fixed collection fee, all collections (even into the hundreds of thousands) accrue the same charge.

Thirdly, will all go away after brexit, as VAT in the UK is an eec/eu imposition.

I'm not sure what's supposed to be wrong, but apologies if I've mislead anyone.

You think we won't have a sales tax when we leave the EU? That's tongue in cheek, right?

Iain

[Jeremy]

Pretty hard to legislate tax on putting your tongue is someone’s cheek. The sex industry would rebel!

[Essex Boy]

No doubt we will reintroduce Purchase Tax, which was replaced by VAT, and was levied on goods at different rates based on perceived luxury of the item.

If this did happen I wonder if Purchase Tax on certain periods will be higher than others. Napoleonics will surely be the highest with those Luxury uniforms.

Good news for Peeler will be that Pies will not be taxed at all.

I'm too young to remember purchase tax, but it's inconceivable that there will no longer be a tax on services. So hot pies, and even cold pies sold in connection with a supply of catering, will continue to be taxed. Sorry Peeler.

There is an argument to be made that the UK will no longer be restricted to just its current zero rates. While in the EU we can't legally extend our zero rates, and if we give one up we can never get it back. It could be argued that without the restrictions of the Principle VAT Directive there may be a UK free for all with Z/R being extended to many things......or......the Government of the day may think it expedient to remove a Z/R temporarily because once out of the EU 'we can always bring it back after the present economic crisis'.

That's assuming that we don't incorporate EU as is into UK law.

[Paul]

The £8 is the amount the Government feels happy for you to pay to its agent so that it doesn't have to employ a few civil servants.

It's the £8 agents fee that is the rip off.
I am sure that adding say £1 to the duty would easily cover the cost of contacting recipients directly for payment before releasing the item for delivery. It was always meant as a way of adding revenue to the Royal Mail rather than a genuine, necessary service.

Wrong on so many levels. Firstly have something DHL collect duty on....

Secondly it is a fixed collection fee, all collections (even into the hundreds of thousands) accrue the same charge. I simply suggested a much lower fixed fee paid directly to HMRC (along with the Duty/VAT) which more accurately reflected the cost of levying the charges.

Thirdly, will all go away after brexit, as VAT in the UK is an eec/eu imposition.

You missed the point entirely!
HMRC shouldn't need an agent to collect the duty, if it was done directly and the parcel released when it was paid there'd be no issues.
As for the other points you raise. If there has to be a fee of course it should be a flat rate, it costs as much to raise an invoice for £1 as it does £1million.
Do you really think 'The Revenue' will get rid of a way of raising income simply because the EU no longer force the levy?