About UK 2021 VAT laws

[Jam918]

I have CA and AU accounts,eBay now adds a 20% VAT on all listings.

I send parcels through an international logistics company,my question is, when the parcel arrives in the UK for customs clearance, how does the customs know that my parcel has been charged VAT,Did eBay send the recipient name and address of each order to the customs？

And I also have UK account,ebay does not add 20% VAT,but I send these parcels overseas to the UK,will it be found that VAT has not been paid during customs clearance.

[Jam918]

The logistics company says B2C parcels are subject to VAT, but C2C parcels are not subject to VAT if they are less than 39 pounds,how does the customs distinguish which parcels are B2C from C2C?

[Twisty]

Originally Posted by Jam918

The logistics company says B2C parcels are subject to VAT, but C2C parcels are not subject to VAT if they are less than 39 pounds,how does the customs distinguish which parcels are B2C from C2C?

It will be stated on the customs declaration form/label. The sender has to complete it.

[e2free]

Originally Posted by Jam918

I have CA and AU accounts,eBay now adds a 20% VAT on all listings.

I send parcels through an international logistics company,my question is, when the parcel arrives in the UK for customs clearance, how does the customs know that my parcel has been charged VAT,Did eBay send the recipient name and address of each order to the customs？

And I also have UK account,ebay does not add 20% VAT,but I send these parcels overseas to the UK,will it be found that VAT has not been paid during customs clearance.

It does not matter if you have uk account or not if you sending from outside UK ebay still charge you vat unless you put item location in uk

[burbur]

Originally Posted by Jam918

I have CA and AU accounts,eBay now adds a 20% VAT on all listings.

I send parcels through an international logistics company,my question is, when the parcel arrives in the UK for customs clearance, how does the customs know that my parcel has been charged VAT,Did eBay send the recipient name and address of each order to the customs？

And I also have UK account,ebay does not add 20% VAT,but I send these parcels overseas to the UK,will it be found that VAT has not been paid during customs clearance.

They have not tought so far..

Best you can do is change your account to a UK account (you need to ask the support. just chaning address to UK is not enough). Indicate you are sellings are based in UK and if you want to import from EU to UK send it to northern ireland instead

[Parsley101]

I have most of the same questions.

In my case, I live and sell from the USA, but my eBay account is UK, and my PayPal is Luxembourg-based. For the time being, I have suspended any and all sales to the UK.

What system is in place, if any, to match parcels passing through UK customs with the corresponding online sale? So that the parcel is not taxed twice. Also, what info about the seller himself is forwarded to the HMRC?

Furthermore, regarding posting VAT rates on your eBay.com listings, as of right now, January 4th 2021, there does not appear to be any way to post VAT rates on the Sell Your Item form. (Of course you can still type up and post VAT rates in the text of your listing, but that's not what I'm asking about).