Zep 0 #1 November 20, 2004 I had a thought for the Europeans wanting to buy a Icarus canopy As you know or may not know Icarus canopys are built in Barcelona (Granollers) Spain (USA and New Zealand) So if you order a canopy from say a seller in the States an pay by bank transfere an ask for the canopy to be built in Europe an when it's built to be sent to your home or DZ within the EEC.. Ha Ha no taxes Just a thought, I'm shure someone will figure out why it can't be done. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #2 November 21, 2004 well not all europeans are in the former EEC, now EU... There are also some people in Switzerland who get back the 15% approx of spanish VAT scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 0 #3 November 21, 2004 Icarus would be knowingly helping you to evade tax if they shipped it to an EU address, which is illegal. So, they're unlikely to do it without adding the VAT. Sorry mate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 561 #4 November 21, 2004 Last thing I heard, Icarus stopped sewing canopies in the USA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ps5601 0 #5 November 22, 2004 Worse than that, the deal that Icarus have in the US is that they are not allowed to sell outside the US (although they may allow Canada, not sure). This is to protect the European Icarus dealers. This includes shipping the canopies out of the US. Your only (legal) option would be to buy in the US and keep receipts. On leaving the US you declare it to claim back the tax and then pay the EU import duty on arrival in Europe. If you are wondering, the US will tell their European counterparts to expect you if you try it (so you can't claim the US tax back and not pay the EU tax) and the EU tax is higher than the US tax. Blue skies Paul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
