[BEEJAY7]

I still have never paid any Duty, Vat, Post Office Handling fee whathaveyou on any item from Prof Motor, EJ's, Slot Car Heros, Resilient Resins etc, and I buy a fair bit fom them.

Regards

Alan

 

[BEEJAY7]

Excellent Link Mope and a very interesting article, I checked the list of items to be subjected to this tax and it would appear that these items cover our hobby :-

1694 95049010 ELECTRIC CAR RACING SETS, HAVING THE CHARACTER OF COMPETITIVE GAMES 95049010 204

1684 95038090 TOYS AND MODELS, INCORPORATING A MOTOR (EXCL. PLASTIC, ELECTRIC TRAINS, SCALE MODEL ASSEMBLY KITS, AND TOYS REPRESENTING ANIMALS, HUMAN OR NON-HUMAN CREATURES) 95038090 704

Unfortunately it will also effect Mrs. Howmet as I did notice the following items were also included :-

1451 84471210 CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES, WITH CYLINDER DIAMETER > 165 MM, WORKING WITH LATCH NEEDLES 84471210 3,745
1452 84471290 CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES, WITH CYLINDER DIAMETER > 164 MM (EXCL. SUCH MACHINES WORKING WITH LATCH NEEDLES) 84471290 1,277
1453 84472092 WARP KNITTING MACHINES, INCL. RASCHEL TYPE, STITCH-BONDING MACHINES, MOTORIZED 84472092 601
1454 84472098 FLAT KNITTING MACHINES, MOTORIZED (EXCL. WARP KNITTING MACHINES, INCL. RASCHEL TYPE) 84472098 1,160

Regards

Alan