Globally, this means that you either have a 1-year or a 2-years warranty on your product depending on the country the product was originally purchased from (based on the credit card used to make the payment). SmartHalo products have a warranty that complies with your local regulations. Keep in mind that even after paying for VAT, you still get a better deal on KS than waiting for the product to come out at retail price. As a small company, this is not something we can realistically do. This would mean that the company would pay all the VAT for everybody. Some backers have asked us to use a European hub for sending the packages. We will not risk the reputation of the company for this. But these schemes are both unethical and illegal. We are well aware that marking the package as a gift or lowering the value of the product are ways to circumvent VAT. We cannot control this but we will do our best to minimize it – within legal bounds. Some said they had to pay as much as 20$. But as the saying goes, you cannot escape neither death nor taxes.įrom our experience with SmartHalo 1, most backers reported not having to pay anything. In the US, VAT is usually added after the advertised price. In Europe, VAT is normally included in the price the consumer pays. Also, the way taxes are treated are not the same everywhere. (They are technically pledges, not sales). This is mostly because there is no easy way to add taxes on Kickstarter. This means that it is very, very unlikely that you will have to pay custom duties.Ĭoncerning VAT, it is important to note that projects showcased on Kickstarter are priced without it. The product classification we use does not bear duties in most countries of the world (0%). We hear you on your concerns for custom duties and VAT.
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