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Originally Posted by HarryT
Where do you get 20% import duty from? There is no import duty on such things as book readers; only VAT.
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I'm pretty sure everything over around £20 has import tax/duty on it in this country, that's why they always mark everything as "gift" to try to avoid it. If you have enough stuff delivered from overseas then you'll eventually get to make a trip to the post office and pay up when they find an item where this has not been paid.
If you look into it you'll find that you pay a lot more tax than you thought you did, usually around 80% of your earnings will end up in some tax or other.