The government said the fees would pay for "world-class border facilities".
Well it all has to be paid for when previously it was rather a lot cheaper. There has also been a change in carrier fees as both ways become exports.
Some of the changes relate to VAT. A VAT registered company here doesn't really see any changes in that area if they trade with an EU company that has registered with UK VAT. They may actually gain as VAT will be processed in the normal way. I'm not sure how this area worked previously.
The other rules introduced may have changed but basically there is a minimum goods value where VAT will be charged at the border. Below that a bit of a black hole. Say you order something from China below this value. They have been just coming through just as they did. The answer seems to be that web sales sites register for UK VAT eg Ebay and several well knonw Chinese web sites. Ebay and Amazon already have something like this available if the sellers decide to use it. Something I have used now and again when items are just not available in the UK.
Well it all has to be paid for when previously it was rather a lot cheaper. There has also been a change in carrier fees as both ways become exports.
Some of the changes relate to VAT. A VAT registered company here doesn't really see any changes in that area if they trade with an EU company that has registered with UK VAT. They may actually gain as VAT will be processed in the normal way. I'm not sure how this area worked previously.
The other rules introduced may have changed but basically there is a minimum goods value where VAT will be charged at the border. Below that a bit of a black hole. Say you order something from China below this value. They have been just coming through just as they did. The answer seems to be that web sales sites register for UK VAT eg Ebay and several well knonw Chinese web sites. Ebay and Amazon already have something like this available if the sellers decide to use it. Something I have used now and again when items are just not available in the UK.