The costs shown in our shop at https://shop.anabrid.com depend on your location (country of billing address). If in doubt or not noted otherwise, prices are net with respect to value added tax (VAT). Production and shipping is from Germany.
The following text explains the situation which is represented in our shop. Any information on the shop, if more specific, holds true. Legally, the terms and conditions (https://anabrid.com/imprint/agb.html) are relevant and the following text is only explanatory:
If you are within the european union (EU), the costs cover VAT as applied in your country (for instance Germany 19%, Finnland 24%, France 20%). That is: In this special case, prices are not net but gross prices. If you are not within the european union (EU), that is, virtually anywhere else in the world, you are displayed a NET price, that is, without any taxes as they apply in your country.
The shop will never display any customs duties, clearance fees and further comission fees that may be incurred in particular in foreign countries outside the european union (EU). This is always done while the product is in shipping transit by the destination country at import customs clearance. We declare
The Analog Thing as electronical assembly kit, which should get you a
fair rate. We cannot determine the taxes raised when importing goods
into your country, but typically they can be up to 20-30% of the net price.
Here is a typical exemplaric import parcel invoice our buyers from UK (no more part of EU) are facing:
1) Customs Duty = 0 GBP
2) Excise Duty = 0 GBP
3) Import VAT = 38.87 GBP (about 20% of the selling price)
4) Clearance Fee (zero rated for VAT) = 12 GBP (= charged by parcelforce, the national shipping provided)
5) Total = 51 GBP, roughly the amount you would pay in VAT if you bought in Germany.
This kind of invoice is sent to our customers while the package is in transit. There is nothing we can do to avoid this at the moment. In future, we may be able to switch to a selling method where the taxes and duties are covered by us so shipping times reduce, but we cannot do so today.
Note that the example above is purely illustrative and has no meaning in any other context.