UK Vat & Duty Calculator - A simple freeware tool

Jezz · 19-06-2007, 01:55 PM

I've made a little tool to make it easier for you guys to work out the Import Fee's on goods too the UK.

The idea of this little program is that it stores and presents all the rates found in the "HmCustoms.pdf" Official Customs/Vat Charges

You just need to choose your product range from the list,enter the purchase price and number of units,then you can instantly see the actual price for the complete shipment and the individual units price.

It's just intended to be used for a quick guide when product sourcing.

This is a standalone application, nothing to install, nothing added to the registry.
But it requires the .net framework 1.1 , An optional extra for XP
But included with Vista.

Edit : New version added 22nd June
With some great help from the guys here in the forum, I think this is actually working properly now.

Disclaimer: The author of this software accepts no responsibility for damages resulting from the use of this product and makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied, including but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This software is provided "AS IS", and you, its user, assume all risks when using it. bla.. bla... (I don't want to be sued

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http://rapidshare.com/files/38700542..._V1.2.zip.html

Just added a new version which has a currency converter,
Still needs more testing.

http://rapidshare.com/files/39061414...3Beta.zip.html

Cheers,

Jeremy

Jezz · 20-06-2007, 11:38 AM

Edit :This was just a post where I was impatiently complaining that no one had tried my Application

**Anthony** · 20-06-2007, 12:18 PM

Wow Jeremy, this is really good! It's great to see something that does all the calculating for you. I presume you made this in Visual Basic.net or C++ ?

I do like it that you have predefined variables in there (Duty Rates and VAT) and also that you can edit these and input your own. For those that regularly important I'm sure this would be a great tool to use, especially as its a desktop application.

A few members may not want to download it from that site you are using for the hosting so if you want I can host it on the forums for you?

I'm also curious to what else you might add to the tool? Hopefully a few others will download it and give you some feedback too.

Well done and thanks for sharing it!

Jezz · 20-06-2007, 01:50 PM

Thanks Anthony

It's written in C# (the new language that's designed for .net)
I tried to Attach the file but it wouldn't let me, Does my attachment quota increase with more posts? zipped it's only 12k

It's not quite ready yet, but I wanted to make sure it was something people would use before spending more time on it.

I'd like to keep it a light weight thing that doesn't require installation, this does put a limit features.
But I'm open to suggestions

I will also post the source at some stage, but I'd like to clean it up a little first.

I'm not sure if it's working properly though,
At the moment it works the VAT and Duty of the purchase price, then Adds them all. is this correct?
Or should Duty be work out first, added and then VAT on the subtotal?
(hope i'm making sense here)
Basically I'm not sure of the order of operations needed.

Also.. shipping, I don't know how to include that.

PT · 20-06-2007, 02:06 PM

That's great, thanks! :-)

Maybe you could have a text field where the shipping cost can be imputed. This could be difficult as you don't always get the actual shipping cost from some suppliers.

To answer your question I believe the VAT is worked out on the total cost (including shipping and duty).

Thanks again.

Jezz · 20-06-2007, 02:30 PM

Thanks PT Games

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The Shipping field is there, Just not enabled yet.

In that case I'm working the VAT out wrong.
I think your VAT is like our GST, just a lot higher (GST is 10%)
I'll bet our income tax is higher though.

Anyway so...
Product price + Duty
then add Shipping
Then VAT the lot for the poor ol' Taxman.
How's this sound?

There's a couple of little bugs that I know about, if you use a $ or pound sign it won't work. Also some rounding / formatting needs to happen.

How about another field for Brokerage? or anything else anyone can think of?

Also.. does anybody have a suitable icon they could donate?
I'm a terrible artist

Thanks again,
Jeremy