I've just bought a set of wheels from an American user on this site and although the wheels purchased are new they are actually now secondhand, so i won't have to pay import tax will i ???

Cheers

 

Yes, duty and VAT applies whether they are new or not, but applies to the used value not it's original value.
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based on value.. not if new or not..

but im sure if its under a certain value you dont pay tax.

 

If it's value is under £36 no duty for GIFTS (a gift has to sent from a private address to a private address, NOT from a business to a private address)
If it's value is under £18 for anything else
If the duty is less than £7 they don't bother collecting it, different rates of duty apply to different classes of items so the actual value of goods that escapes duty varies.
Car spares duty is around 4%.
Duty on a whole car is 10%

Vat is also charged on top of the duty, based on goods value, shipping cost and Import duty value.

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ahh wow a whole 37 quid

over here in oz its $1000

 

Im sure if its sent as gift they dont charge or charge less.

 

See above about the £36.

 

I've amended my post slightly.

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