Vat

[alfiepot]

EBay has started charging vat on my listings.

i can’t get beyond the automated system to get help to stop the vat being applied

Can anyone advise if they have done this and how you do it please

[jckl1957]

Are you sure it is VAT?
Can you give a specific example with the price you set and the price the item is being listed at?

[alfiepot]

It is being applied to all of my sales now and this is a pair of gym pants by example. It specifically says VAT

So it lists:

buyers protection fee

Postage 

VAT - and for this, an £8 item it charged 0.49

[tobiasd4]

The VAT is on BPF.

It is not charged on the item.

As ebay are a business, they have to charge VAT on their fees.

[*vyolla*]

As a buyer, I'm not seeing any kind of VAT being added to your listings.

As a seller, eBay charge VAT for using their service. Because you're a private seller it's inclusive and they show it as a breakdown in your fees (same as some stores do on a receipt) and people are often under the misapprehension that it's an additional charge.

Business sellers have VAT added to their fees, it's not inclusive.

[jckl1957]

Most of that charge is not VAT.

It is the Buyer's Protection Fee which is added to all private sellers' items.

You list at £8.  (VAT @ 20% would be £1.60)

Ebay add the BPF which is 7% + 10p

This includes VAT as detailed below but, as explained, the VAT is only charged as part of the buyer's protection fee which on your £8 item is 64p.

Ebay have to charge VAT on their fees,  they are not charging VAT on your item and you will receive £8.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/paying-items/buyer-protection-fee?id=5594&st=3&pos=2&query=Buyer%...

 

Other terms and conditions

• The Buyer Protection fees displayed on this page are inclusive of UK VAT at 20%
• Depending on the tax legislation of the country where the buyer is located or where the order will be delivered, local Value Added Tax (VAT), Goods and Services Tax (GST) or similar consumption tax might apply on the Buyer Protection fee instead of UK VAT. We will collect tax when we have an obligation to do so. Any tax collected will be included in the buyer's order total at checkout.