VAT through Genfair

Value Added Tax (VAT) and GENfair

This only affects members within the European Community (EU) who trade with us through GENfair.

Due to the increasing popularity of trading over the Internet, GENfair’s turnover is such that they are registered for Value Added Tax (VAT) and have to charge VAT to customers within the EU, for certain products.

The VAT rules are complex and, in this context, only affect Calderdale FHS for the sale of Fiche, Searches and CDs. The effect on our prices are as follows:

All prices quoted on our website and in our Publications price list are exclusive of VAT.
Any fiche purchased carries VAT, and thus is effectively increased in price by 17.5%
Any searches you order carry VAT, and thus are effectively increased in price by 17.5%
The prices for all printed products and for all Memberships are zero-rated for VAT.
All GENfair prices for each product show the VAT element, and so appear on the final "Basket Review". However, once you enter the "Country" during the final processing, the VAT element is removed for anyone outside the EU (eg USA, Australia etc.), so leaving the end price ex-VAT, as it was before.

If you wish to avoid paying VAT on these items, you can order any of them by post, enclosing a sterling cheque for the correct amount. This, of course, will cost you the price of a stamp and envelope, which, for low cost items such as fiche, you may not feel is worthwhile changing the method of purchase!

We are sorry if these arrangements cause you any inconvenience, but, hopefully, for all UK EU-members the effect is minimal. For our members who live in non-UK, EU, countries, it seems that, because of the cost of currency conversion, the cheapest way is still via Credit Card through GENfair.

Updated March 2006

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