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.

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.