VAT registration

[elfb9223]

I have been contacted by EBay to provide my VAT registration documents within the next 30 days or my account will be restricted

i have sold on EBay for 4 years and have always kept my sales under the VAT Threshold 

I have discussed this with my accountant who is daunting I do not need to register for

VAT

just wondering if any body else has encountered this issue and any resolutions .

thank you 

[myriad*seller]

You are selling items to the UK from Portugal

You must register for UK VAT by law 

[cernak.m]

@myriad*seller No you dont need, if you are selling on marketplace like eBay and your stock is not located in the UK at the point of sale. It was explained here many times.

[prisonerofstylee]

Hello! I was affected by these restrictions related to VAT on UK eBay, although I and my items are located in Ukraine.

[prisonerofstylee]

Please tell me what you did to be exempted from the need to add a UK tax number?

[cernak.m]

Write to customer service and insist on solving your issue. Do this several times if necessary. I was dealing with it for 2 weeks till I was informed it was solved for my account. 

[pt_baix]

but when did they send it to you?
your listings are still avail

 

able to send to the uk here

[prisonerofstylee]

Тhe letter arrived on 10/24/2024, it says that I will not be able to publish new listings and buyers will not be able to buy them.

[pt_baix]

and can you confirm that you can't publish a new ad? have you tried?

[prisonerofstylee]

 
look at this screenshot.

[pt_baix]

have you tried posting on ebay.com instead of co.uk? 

[prisonerofstylee]

yes! and they are successfully published! moreover, in two days after I received a letter in which it was said about restrictions connected with my account, two item were bought from me on eBay.com

[wonder_deal]

I am from India ,i have also received the same email from eBay for registration of VAT ID .i don't have any lististing located  in UK .nor my sell is near VAT thereshold . how i can overcome this ?

[tilly.matt221]

@wonder_deal

Hi!
 You need to contact the customer service and ask them which of your items they think was/is located in the UK. Then send them a print screen of that item`s location proving that the item location was not in the UK. You will need, probably, contact the customer service a few times, but eventually ebay will acknowledge that it was a technical error.  At least, this is my experience with this issue. Also, check the tracking information next to your sent items - if it says 'item leaving the UK' instead of 'item leaving India', bring this to eBay's attention as well.

[fargvs]

Using a UK Registered account to sell from Slovakia ?... Since Brexit and by Default you are considered to be a UK based seller and subject to UK site VAT rules and other EU/UK Item location/s Import/Export regulations. 

Consider using a Eurozone EU registered site or the International www.ebay.com site to prevent these issues.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-and-overseas-goods-sold-to-customers-in-the-uk-using-online-marketpl...

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-vat-treatment-of-overseas-goods-sold-to-custom...

[tilly.matt221]

@fargvs

1. I`m a Slovak seller, with an address registered in Slovakia and all my items are shipped from Slovakia

2. After Brexit I double checked with ebay and was assured that everything is alright with my account

3. Regarding the VAT UK tax number, it was confirmed  to me by ebay that it was a technical bug and my account is safe.

4. I have written this to you several times on this thread, but you are still repeating your incorrect claims, to me and to other sellers as well

5. Other ebay members (including UK ones) have also corrected you

[cernak.m]

@fargvs There is no such a thing as Eurozone EU registered site or the International eBay site.
You can list on which ever eBay site you want from which ever country, you are you just need to follow the law and rules.

In the UK, by selling in marketpalce you are not obligated to have UK VAT in case your items are not located in the UK at the point of sale. Marketplace, like in this case eBay is obligated to capture VAT on sale on behalf of UK HMRC. Only if you are not selling via marketplace, like you have own eshop and your registration address is outside of UK, then you are obligated to have UK VAT, or your goods are located in the UK at the point of sale. - Its all written in the links you provided as well 🙂
It was explained here several times, same as that this issue with UK VAT was an error caused by eBay item location bug.

[fargvs]

As you wish ... please let us know how you are getting on after the 30 day deadline has passed.

and for clarity ...

 ''There is no such a thing as Eurozone EU registered site or the International eBay site.''

There are a number of Countries in the Eurozone EU with sites which you can use by choice ; and the International/Global eBay site is www.ebay.com .

[cernak.m]

No, those are called local ebay sites and ebay.com is a US not international site, same as UK is United kingdom site. Is just on the com site, there are more international sellers than on the other local sites.
What that means is that this sites are localized, like for example in the language and they must follow local site country laws.

And anyone can sell there no matter where are you from. Like you being from UK , can list on DE or IT site for example if you want, but you must follow those sites country regulations. Thats all.
What I and @tilly.matt221 are trying to tell you is that with this topic "UK VAT bug", all sellers impacted with it follow the UK regulations and its just the eBay error resulting in the UK VAT requrement message.
It was confirmed here many times.

And I am doing well and there are no restrictions on my account , like I wrote several posts back, explaining what to do to others to solve it out.

[wonder_deal]

Thanks for your help . Can you please let me know what specifically you did
with eBay to overcome this issue . because eBay has been restricted my UK
account selling activity .is there any chance to remove this restriction
.thanks cmak.m

[wonder_deal]

Thanks for the reply. I accept it was my fault . because of lack of
awareness . I had missed the 30-day deadline .Now eBay has restricted my
selling activity in the UK . Is there any chance to remove this
restriction ? Please help me .Thanks .