If the delivery country you specify on your order isinside the European Union, then no further import taxes (in addition to the 17.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) we have already added) will be due on your order.
Additionally, if your order is to be shipped to (but not limited to) Israel, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey, these countries alsodo not impose import duties on products coming from the European Community, however in some cases you may have to pay a local sales tax direct to the courier that delivers your goods.
If your delivery country is the United States, then you will be required to pay an import duty of around 4% on all shipments with a value in excess of $200. The duty is levied on the total cost of the shipment, including the cost of shipping.
Unfortunately, Lumicycle are not able to change the value of the shipment on the customs documentation in order to bring the consignment in below the duty threshold.
If the shipping address you select is anon-European destination and the price of the item(s) in your basket include VAT, then the relevant amounts of VAT will be automatically deducted from your order total at the checkout.
Please note that in order to remove the 17.5% VAT element from your order correctly, the calculation isnot to simply take the order total and deduct 17.5%. For example, if your order (excluding VAT) was for £100, £100 plus 17.5% VAT makes an grand total of £117.50. If you now deduct 17.5% from £117.50, the answer will be £96.93, not the correct figure of £100.
Hence the correct calculation to remove VAT, is to divide the GROSS PRICE - price;after tax, by the divisor. To get the divisor, we need to convert the tax rate into a fraction by dividing it by 100 and then add the resulting fraction to 1. So, if we assume that tax is at a rate of 17.5%, we will need to divide 17.5 by 100, giving 0.175, then add 1. Thus the divisor is 0.175 +1 = 1.175. If the GROSS price is £117.50 and is divided by 1.175 you get the price before VAT which is £100. As you can see,on first sight, it can make it look as though the calculations in the checkout are not correct, when in fact, they are.
January 4th 2010