This month eBay has started charging buyers 20% VAT on everything I sell

[wcameron2005]

I have been selling on eBay for several years, but this month, eBay has started charging an additional 20% VAT on top of the list price. This additional fee isn't made obvious to the buyer until the final step, right before they click "pay", and consequently I've had a complaint from a recent customer who claims he didn't see the fee until after paying (he obviously just wasn't paying attention). Is this normal? Why didn't eBay tell me about this?

[tsmgmd]

Don't blame eBay.

This was decided years ago and implemented àt the begining of January.

[wcameron2005]

https://sellercentre.ebay.co.uk/global-sales/2021-vat-changes

This article seems to indicate that the changes only apply to cross-border imports. However, eBay is adding VAT to items I'm selling within the UK. Surely this is a mistake?

EDIT: Is it possible that the reason eBay is adding VAT to my domestic sales is because my account was created on the eBay.com site, and not ebay.co.uk?

[papso22]

That's a possibility and you can get them to change the site of registration. However, adding vat to private sales in the UK is a current massive glitch that affects a lot of sellers, have a look at the seller discussion boards.

[*knight-rider*]

`This additional fee isn't made obvious to the buyer until the final step, right before they click "pay``

you get warned on the listing before you click anything, so any buyers useing the excuse that they did`nt know about it till they paid are wrong! i`ve bought a few items over the last month or so and the 20% VAT charge has been visible on all the listings it`s applicable to.

[wcameron2005]

For certain sellers the fee doesn't appear on the listing itself - it only appears after the buyer clicks "buy", on the screen where the transaction is finalised. Which the guy in my comment evidently did not see, hence his excuse...

[wcameron2005]

At last a solution has been found that worked for me... details below.

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/VAT-added-to-items-I-have-for-sale-in-UK-seller-to-UK...