Preorder and Brexit?

Ashnak · Dec 11, 2020

Since it seems increasingly likely that we're going to have a hard Brexit - anyone got any idea how that will work out with ED preorders (compared to orders in the new year)?

If I preorder, I pay British/EU VAT now, but the product will be delivered after the Brexit when I won't have to pay the British VAT any more, but would need to pay the German import tax instead - so which regulation will apply? I don't want to end up having to pay both British VAT now and German import tax in (hopefully) April...

Robert Maynard · Dec 11, 2020

Please refrain from engaging in political discussion.

[PS4] Filthymick420 · Dec 11, 2020

Ashnak said:
Since it seems increasingly likely that we're going to have a hard Brexit - anyone got any idea how that will work out with ED preorders (compared to orders in the new year)?

If I preorder, I pay British/EU VAT now, but the product will be delivered after the Brexit when I won't have to pay the British VAT any more, but would need to pay the German import tax instead - so which regulation will apply? I don't want to end up having to pay both British VAT now and German import tax in (hopefully) April...

Is there an import tax on downloading a game dlc on the internet? Thats outrageous

Felix DiCestria · Dec 11, 2020

For a digital product? I can't see VAT going anywhere despite being an EU tax, even the Norwegians have to pay.

sewerratuk · Dec 11, 2020

Try buying something digital from Australia and see how it works. It's going to be along the same lines as that

Ydiss · Dec 11, 2020

OK I'll repost my response (could have just deleted the parts about Brexit but never mind)...

There should be no impact at all, or negligible. I've never noticed any additional costs buying stuff from outside of the EU. And there's no paying additional anything for an actual delivery for digital stuff anyway so I doubt you'd need to pay tax twice (and I think that goes for delivery of physical goods, all tax is payable at the point of purchase - it would be outrageous if you had to pay more tax after you'd already bought something because of something like this).

sewerratuk · Dec 11, 2020

Ydiss said:
OK I'll repost my response (could have just deleted the parts about Brexit but never mind)...

You can't say you weren't warned, Roberts sensors went into overdrive when this thread was posted

Ydiss · Dec 11, 2020

sewerratuk said:
You can't say you weren't warned, Roberts sensors went into overdrive when this thread was posted

I don't mind

It's the rules.

I did have something to say outside of that so it's cool to just repost it again. It was proper Cilit Bang though.

Felix DiCestria · Dec 11, 2020

Having had a quick google;
Under WTO rules digital products are currently Tariff free.
The EU has expressed a desire to impose tariffs at some point in the future but this has not yet happened (and of course the digital industry lobby is fighting this).
As such it's just the VAT under standard rules.