International car shipping
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 5:21 pm
Salut
I'm thinking of buying a car in Dubai but of course it has to be shipped.
Does anyone have experience or advice on shipping cars, please ?
I live in France, which charges 10% customs duty on the car plus transport costs, then 20% VAT on that total
I saw on a website that blighty charges just ?50 customs duty as the car was made in Europe, then of course 20% VAT. Does one actually need to live in the UK to have a car shipped there ? My mum lives in Bristol - is that enough ? Would the car need to be registered in GB before being taken to France ?
Any advice or funny/depressing anecdotes welcome.
Merci
Vernon
I'm thinking of buying a car in Dubai but of course it has to be shipped.
Does anyone have experience or advice on shipping cars, please ?
I live in France, which charges 10% customs duty on the car plus transport costs, then 20% VAT on that total
I saw on a website that blighty charges just ?50 customs duty as the car was made in Europe, then of course 20% VAT. Does one actually need to live in the UK to have a car shipped there ? My mum lives in Bristol - is that enough ? Would the car need to be registered in GB before being taken to France ?
Any advice or funny/depressing anecdotes welcome.
Merci
Vernon