mR_Slug wrote on 2021-10-01, 19:47:
bestemor wrote on 2021-10-01, 14:04:
So yes, you do pay VAT on the shipping cost as well.... 😄
PS: When buying from sellers that do NOT use the ebay GSP programme, you only pay regular VAT on the total, as in no extra fees...
You say "only pay regular VAT on the total" do you mean at ebay checkout time? Because once you ship it into the UK you end up paying VAT + handling fee at that point always. GSP is all upfront payment.
Yes, what I meant was, that the calculations (and PRE-payment of the VAT) were the same as for when using the GSP, but without the actual GSP fee added to the cost/payment....
So, you still pay 20% extra on the total cost (item+shipping cost) at checkout, and then nothing* else when the package arrives at the shores of Blighty.
As you still are forced, by ebay, to pre-pay the VAT at checkout, nomatter which shipping option you use. So if there is no GSP, the item cost still increases with 20%. You can test this with some chinese goods. Just find any such item, and play with the country in the shipping cost tab. When you change it to the UK, the price increases in the listing(!) itself, before any checkout etc.
Example: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131650509577
(listing says: $21.99 to USA/no VAT, $27.49 to Denmark/25%VAT, and finally $26.39 to UK/20% VAT)
*: Provided of course, that the seller actually uses ebay for the address label, which automatically adds some text about 'paid' and VOEC. Or is experienced enough to put it on himself.
Not like some German company sellers who print out an invoice with no mention of this, and attaches to the outside of the package.
Then you get hassled at local customs, and I had to provide** a copy of the EBAY invoice before they believed me having pre-paid the VAT.
First then they released the package, with no payment needed, not even handling fee.
As you say, YMMV.... 😆
**PS: In my parts of the world, you'll have to do this BEFORE you at all pick up the package or pay the VAT and handling fee they wrongly demands.
Otherwise you'll end up with having to go through some bureaucratic battle to get a partial*** refund, of just the VAT itself, which often makes the refund amount ending up as zero even then, because they require a new processing fee for handling your refund application. Gah....
(*** and the added £12 original handling fee you stupidly paid, does not get refunded then anyway, as that is payment for their dilligent work calculating the (double) VAT in the first place, heh..)
