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12:18 am
October 18, 2008


goldfinger

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Ok,looks like there are a few of us Brits out there on this forum and maybe a few others lurking.Come on, test the water and join this friendly informative forum,jacob has put a wealth of information on this site for us to share so let him know were here.

goldfinger.

3:40 am
October 19, 2008


goldfinger

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OK, heres a bit of info i have to pass on to you.A couple of weeks ago i imported a !oz credit suisse wtc bar.Customs charged me vat and import duty on it! my understanding was gold bullion is vat exempt so with a bit of research i found bullion with a purity of .995 thousandths is indeed exempt,so i tried to claim back the vat (value added tax charged at 17.5%) what a performance, customs kept giving me a tarriff code for jewellery and insisting it was chargable,after numerous calls (two days on and off) i managed to prompt them to their web site to look up what they should allready know and send a letter out for me to sign.

Now i have to go elsewhere to claim back the duty! in a nut shell if you get charged tax FIGHT IT! gold coins and bullion for investmant is vat exempt since 2001 under a EU agreement to make the price uniform.

hope this helps.

7:54 am
October 19, 2008


jacob

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That is great to know for all EU collectors I am sure that the goverment will try to charge duty on all gold coins comming in.


Great info keep it coming.

12:55 pm
November 8, 2008


goldfinger

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Anyone else noticed a slight backing off of prices for coins. Certainly here the £/$ ratio  is making everything more expensive for us Brits.I guess the credit crunch is hitting hard and demand for things are slowing down. Gold and Platinum prices have certainly fallen and surely must be written into the price of WTC coins.

2:27 am
December 21, 2008


goldfinger

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Just to say to all on this site/forum have a merry christmas and a healthy prosperous new year.

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