PCS Export Classification for Customs Purposes

[lamshaka]

Hello !

Someone can tell me where i can found this information : code 9703 = ~5% tax

Do you have URL ?

Thanks

[DeadGhostKnight]

So maybe Fedex are learning...got my Fedex customs charges this morning for my 1:3 Subzero and yes they are at 5%.

Total charge is £23.24 + £12 = 35.24

Very happy i haven't got to chase this up!

[SARFARAZ]

Originally Posted by DeadGhostKnight

So maybe Fedex are learning...got my Fedex customs charges this morning for my 1:3 Subzero and yes they are at 5%.

Total charge is £23.24 + £12 = 35.24

Very happy i haven't got to chase this up!

That's good! Let's see if my Blanka will be headache free lol..

[SARFARAZ]

Yep Blanka has been charged by FedEx at £65 with the code 9703 nowhere to be seen. Once again I'll have to email them now...

[CreativeArtFan]

For Customers from The Netherlands.

As this lower tax rate for these items booked under sculpted art is all new for me I looked it up for the Dutch.

For the Dutch people here I lookud up the info on the Customs and Goverment websites.
Tax Should be 6% and not 21% with code: 9703
So don't accept an invoice with 21% tax before trying to correct this.

On the Dutch customs page:
URL: http://tarief.douane.nl/tariff/uc/qry/sbn/search.jsf

Fill in the code in the Customs page under 'Goederencode' (Itemcode)
And then click the button 'RAADPLEGEN' (Consult)


Here you will find it is:

9703 00 00 00 Verzenden Originele standbeelden en origineel beeldhouwwerk, ongeacht het materiaal waarvan zij vervaardigd zijn TN701

(above says: original statues and original sculpture, independed of which material it's made from )

Belasting tarief invoer kunst (tax tariff import art)

If you want more proof of it should be 6% (as the percentage it is not mentioned at the customs page) then

see the Dutch goverment page:
URL: https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/w...niet_eu_landen

The first lines of text says the following:

kunst, antiek of verzamelvoorwerpen importeert uit niet-EU-landen
U doet dan aangifte bij de douane en betaalt daar 6% btw.
(Art, antiques or collectibles imported from non-EU countries
You will then report to the customs and pay 6% VAT.)


Last the manual for the Dutch customs page interpretation can be found here:
URL: https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/w...ng_handleiding

Edit: you can use this info for contacting FedEx if your tax calculation is wrong

[jfyahui]

Originally Posted by DeadGhostKnight

Got my Shin Akuma fees this morning and yep 5% again.

£31.31 Vat and £8 advancement fee, total £39.31.

So yeah i'd advise anyone int he UK have everything through USPS and you should have no problems.

Not true,I got to statues from chronicle,shipped with usps and got whacked 20%... (£195)of course I'm not paying that...not sure if chronicle did the invoice wrong,fedex has always charged me 5% ...

[I and I]

in Belgium I paid 39 euro for Blanka. I'm happy, normally a lot more. I know in the beginning I paid like 25 for a sideshow. The codes changed, I paid like near 100 euros and now we are back at the lower rates.

[DeadGhostKnight]

Originally Posted by SARFARAZ

Yep Blanka has been charged by FedEx at £65 with the code 9703 nowhere to be seen. Once again I'll have to email them now...

Damn man sorry to hear that, i thought they had sorted this but i guess not, will update when i get my Quan Chi through.

Originally Posted by jfyahui

Not true,I got to statues from chronicle,shipped with usps and got whacked 20%... (£195)of course I'm not paying that...not sure if chronicle did the invoice wrong,fedex has always charged me 5% ...

I am specifically talking about PCS here.

[DeadGhostKnight]

Well it looks like it's over as i just got my Quan Chi fees at £70.64 and the tariff they have used is 9503 so i can#'t argue it.

Don't know if you can chime in here Sarf? But are PCS done with using the 9703 code to help us internationals?

[SARFARAZ]

Originally Posted by DeadGhostKnight

Well it looks like it's over as i just got my Quan Chi fees at £70.64 and the tariff they have used is 9503 so i can#'t argue it.

Don't know if you can chime in here Sarf? But are PCS done with using the 9703 code to help us internationals?

No! I had same problem with Blanka. It was on the wrong code. Your invoice should say "original sculpture" so argue it! Is it FedEx btw? I argued it and got my Blanka lowered to £25. For some reason pcs don't put the code on the invoice anymore but original sculptures comes under the code 9703. Trust me you'll be fine. Just email them and explain.