topic Re: just bought on eBay and I saw suddenly a “UK VAT added to price” for the first time is this corr in Buying

topic Re: just bought on eBay and I saw suddenly a “UK VAT added to price” for the first time is this corr in Buying https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Buying/just-bought-on-eBay-and-I-saw-suddenly-a-UK-VAT-added-to-price/m-p/6869780#M14695 Good news, ebay and HMRC have been collaborating for some time to stop Chinese sellers deliberately avoiding paying VAT on goods sold in the UK. Put simply as soon as the first sale is made by a foreign seller on ebay they are liable to pay VAT and to be registered for UK VAT irrespective of value. Whilst some buyers may think it is ok to avoid paying UK taxes to get a 'cheap' bargain, they are the first to want the benefit that taxes provide and the first to cry foul when services are reduced or withdrawn by the UK government. This is besides the unlevel playing field that fraud provides for honest UK sellers who not only pay the taxes but also provide back up and support for the UK buyers within their prices. Yes it is fraud to deliberately avoid paying UK tax against the law of the country which many of the Chinese sellers have been doing at the expense of the UK economy. As a buyer you should embrace the toughening up by ebay on fraud including the Chinese seller VAT fraud. You would be the first to complain if you lost money as a victim to fraud and yet are the first to complain when you can no longer benefit from fraud. I am not sure which is worse being a victim or an accomplice to fraud And as for Amazon - go ahead and buy on Amazon you will still have to pay the VAT on all purchases from Chinese sellers.  Amazon insist that all foreign sellers are registered for VAT in the country they sell in which means in the UK  you will be charged the VAT from Chinese sellers. Fri, 05 Feb 2021 20:06:39 GMT bobandcharlies 2021-02-05T20:06:39Z