Shipping USA registered bike to UK
Hello all,
I know there's a lot of inrofmation on this subject. I've done some research but as it's very complicated I was hoping someone who's done it could help me.
I am a British citizen who bought a new motorcycle in Florida, and registered it in my name to a Florida address. I'm now tentatively thinking about shipping it back home to the UK.
I've got a couple of quotes from USA shipping companies (approx 1000 dollars).
My question is really about registering the bike in the UK. It looks like I have to pay VAT. Is that 20% of the value of the bike? If so this makes it very expensive and I will probably sell it in California instead.
Are there any other hidden fees? It's very difficult to find port collection fee information but I think it will be about £150.
Anyways it's all very confusing so any help anyone can give would be greatly appriciated
Cheers
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