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Import to the UK and postpone import VAT
When you want to import to the UK you don’t need to pay VAT at customs and then refund it. There is a possibility to account for import VAT in your VAT return. This scheme is available not only for UK-based businesses but also for non-UK businesses with UK VAT numbers. For parcels with …
Deemed supply invoices
When online marketplaces act as a deemed supplier of goods a situation arises when it is necessary to issue invoices from a merchant to a marketplace. Let’s examine the invoicing rules for deemed supply in the EU and the UK. Deemed supply meaning is described as a sale where tax responsibilities are transferred to …
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR): new european obligations for e-commerce sellers who pack orders
The new type of reporting was introduced for online sellers who sell their products B2C. Packaging report – is the report about volumes of the package used in a country during a calendar year. This type of reporting exists in several countries such as Germany, France, Poland, the UK, Greece, Lithuania, and Slovakia. Germany …
Learn how to get your VAT refund
The issue of VAT refund may come up when non-EU companies import goods to the EU and sell them via Marketplace. It arises because of two things: first, the marketplace collects and remits all VAT collected from buyers; and second, the company as an importer pays VAT at customs. The process of returning VAT can …
Canada Marketplace facilitator tax rules
Canada implemented marketplace legislation on the Federal level and on the provincial level. Canada consists of several provinces and each has GST/HST tax rates which differ from 5% to 15%. E-commerce operators should use the destination principle as the way to determine a tax rate for a sale. If you just started to …
US sales tax rules for online marketplaces. Who pays the tax?
The United States is one of those countries that have rules under which marketplaces are responsible for paying taxes on goods and services sold on this marketplace. It must be remembered that sales tax is set at the level of each state and this accordingly leads to the fact that the rules in each …
US Sales tax basics for sellers who want to sell to the US
The first thing you need to realize is that in terms of consumption taxes the US states differ significantly from state to state. Even in one state sales tax rates differ from district to district. You always can use our calculator to check the tax rate for specific zip or IP address. You don’t …
Retrospective tax registration
Why you may need retrospective tax registration? Sometimes sales start expanding to new markets. Especially with these remote times, we don’t know where our new customer is located. That means that we need to track: – where our customers are located; – revenue thresholds for each country; – where our goods are stored (especially when …
One-Stop Shop – EU VAT changes for e-sellers
General overview Distance sales threshold was replaced by EU-wide 10K threshold for digital services and goods. That means that intra-community sales are subject to VAT in the EU country of destination. This EU-wide threshold was made for micro-businesses. When they sell less than 10K euro over Europe they may charge VAT rate applicable at their …