I am a business seller that is Non VAT Registered, as I am way below the threshold. I sell mainly magazines, and other paper based ephemera whcih is classified as zero rated. The consistent advice from eBay leading up to 1st July was that Non Vat Registered Business Seller need take no action. Today (for the first time) eBay have requested that I update my VAT percentage on 859 items. I have exp[lained to eBay that I am not VAT Registered and that their own previous advice was that didn't need to take any action. When I contacted eBay they told me I needed to enter a VAT percentage rate on all my items to meet EU regulations (even if that rate was 0%). A second opinion, also via eBay, told me I didn't need to do anything, and a third opinion was that I needed to register for VAT in all the countries that I sell in, even though my overseas sales are under the EU threshhold. I am completely confused. Has anyone else expreienced this, and/or does anyone have a definitive answer. Many thanks.
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