VAT Deregistration

[watchfan700uk]

My rolling 12 month sales total is well under £80K and I want to deregister.

I have been watching this board for some time now and noted how some have had accounts suspended or even deleted over this. I would obviously rather continue paying vat if deregistering is going to cause me problems. But I don't see why I should be vat registered otherwise.

So what to do? 

I will probably phone ebay tomorrow to speak with a rep - though what the rep says and what Ebay do could be different.

Any comments would be appreciated.

[4_bathrooms]

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katie@ebay wrote:

Certificate or letter can be used interchangeably here and they are one and the same.

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Well, I'll disagree with that. HMRC do issue certificates; they say "Certificate" on them - one such certificate being a VAT registration certificate. However, they do not issue a "VAT deregistration certificate"; only a letter (or an online confirmation) to confirm deregistration.

Somewhat bizarrely, I believe the online version of the VAT Certificate actually does show if a business has subsequently deregistered...but eBay don't accept online documents as proof! 

[katie@ebay]

Thank you for your engagement here.

I wanted to provide the information from the VAT team here so you can have all the details available to me.

The letter is what is needed @4_bathrooms, this is what they have confirmed with me.

Thanks,

Katie 

[watchfan700uk]

I need to change my preferences on my online vat account to communication by post.

[mac-cell_uk_cosmetics]

Hi,

You can de-register from VAT and request Vat cancellation or de-registration letter from HMRC posted to your business address (note that this address must be same on eBay). Once you receive this letter, forward it to ukbusinnescompliance@ebay.com and they'll grant you a temporary exemption from adding a UK Value Added Tax (VAT) number to your eBay account.

The keyword here is 'temporary' because you'll be required to provide new VAT cancellation letter every year from HMRC.

I am currently in this loop and it's mind boggling to say the least. The only way to avoid this loop is by opening a new seller account.

Hope this helps.

[frontiermountman]

Well I got this when I  Deregistration for VAT back in 2018

[ldvintagegems]

Hi, how did you get on with this? I'm in the same predicament but can't seem to speak to the right person in hmrc who can provide the letter eBay want? 

[beechcroftdiving]

We know what the level is but ebay's position is that anyone with a turnover beyond 10 grand may have other businesses that jointly take them over the threshold. The 10 thousand is Ebay's own made up figure and I was told that no one at ebay can apply comon sense until I can resolve this. meanwhile I have a warehouse with 10s of thousand of pounds worth of stock that I cannot sell on ebay.