Are books VAT free in NL? If not that's probably why.

gregdoesit · on April 4, 2023

Books are not VAT free. On a €15 book I ended up getting charged €9 for customs: €1 for the reduced VAT for books €6.50 for the customs handling fee €1.50 for VAT on the customs handling fee

So it’s the customs handling fee being added that’s contributed to the price increase. Seems like the Netherlands started to enforce it for even small value orders from the UK.

protocolture · on April 4, 2023

Leave a negative review for your government thats a ridiculous amount of charges for an import.

clnq · on April 5, 2023

Ha! It would be interesting to see Trustpilot for governments. Im sure not many would have a very positive rating.