VAT on sales outside the EU | Selling on eBay

exabike56 · 2024-02-23T15:23:42.948000Z

I sell second-hand goods, and in France these products are subject to 20% VAT on 50% of their pre-tax value, i.e. 10% effective. So on an item I sell for €110, I pay €10 in VAT. VAT is not recoverable in France, I state on the invoices "VAT not applicable - art.262-1 du CGI". On eBay, I don't specify the VAT, and I pay it myself each month. The problem is that a customer in the United Kingdom sees the price of €110 go up to €132, because eBay considers the €110 price as a pre-tax price. By indicating a VAT rate of 10% in my listings, I thought the price would go up to €120 for the United Kingdom (based on 100 pre-tax + 20% VAT, because that's the legal rate there), but no, so it stays at €110 like for a French customer. If someone really knows how to handle this problem well, their solution would do me a great service. Christophe

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