News / New Brexit blow for UK traders as Germany axes VAT exemption on low-value imports

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UK business is again looking for workarounds to continue trading with the EU, after Germany announced it would be ending VAT exemption for goods valued at less than €22.

From 1 July, customers will be required to pay import charges on all goods entering Germany from non-EU countries, including the UK and follows an EU initiative aimed at averting VAT fraud and impeding preferential treatment of non-EU mail order companies.

One UK-based SME selling records told The Loadstar Brexit had become akin ...