Thats exactly what you do Niall although safest is to get them to put a lower price and write damaged on it so incase its checked your fine.
Customs works it by getting total cost of item to your destination (item + shipping etc) and gets either 5, 10 or 15% of that figure (depending on the category of the item).
After calculating the mentioned percentage amount, you add this to the overall price (the original figure you just used to get the % amount) and get 21.5 % of that newly calculated figure
Example of car
Buy car for 2,000 in japan and pay 700 shipping and freight.
Cost 2,700 x 10% = 270
VAT 2,700 + 270 X 21.5% = 639
So Customs Clearance is 639 and therefore at yer door UNREGISTERED without custom broker fee (usually 75eur) is 3,339
I think some electrical goods are 15% so just keep an eye!!
Hope thats useful for someone!!
Customs works it by getting total cost of item to your destination (item + shipping etc) and gets either 5, 10 or 15% of that figure (depending on the category of the item).
After calculating the mentioned percentage amount, you add this to the overall price (the original figure you just used to get the % amount) and get 21.5 % of that newly calculated figure
Example of car
Buy car for 2,000 in japan and pay 700 shipping and freight.
Cost 2,700 x 10% = 270
VAT 2,700 + 270 X 21.5% = 639
So Customs Clearance is 639 and therefore at yer door UNREGISTERED without custom broker fee (usually 75eur) is 3,339
I think some electrical goods are 15% so just keep an eye!!
Hope thats useful for someone!!