vat

[lazylou2002]

If a seller is selling second hand goods and not vat registered why is the buyer having to pay vat ? If ebay are taking the vat payments from the buyer even though the seller is not vat registered and selling second goods are they paying this money to the appropriate authority ie the countries tax collecter?.  I am led to believe that anybody who is not vat registered and selling second items there is no vat payments due.

[plpmr]

if the item is outside UK and, or the seller is registered outside UK - then 20% VAT is charged by the government and collected by eBay.

[lazylou2002]

seller is in the uk and the buyer from the eu

[lazylou2002]

seller is in the uk and not vat registered the buyer from the eu

[papso22]

Can you please explain the exact circumstances where you are seeing VAT charged by a private seller.