UK EBay Sellers Charging VAT to Irish Businesses

di11on

We're VAT registered and am trying to source items on Ebay.

I'm having difficulty getting UK sellers to remove the VAT... anyone have any experience of this? Aren't they supposed to remove the VAT when both parties are VAT registered and it's an intra-eu transaction?

delllat

di11on wrote: »

We're VAT registered and am trying to source items on Ebay.

I'm having difficulty getting UK sellers to remove the VAT... anyone have any experience of this? Aren't they supposed to remove the VAT when both parties are VAT registered and it's an intra-eu transaction?

if they wont play ball you could just pay the vat and claim it back yourself

conolan

You can't force them. Problem is ebay merchants are very small businesses, part-time a lot of them. They don't want the hassle, and probably don't know the VAT rules.

Smcgie

delllat wrote: »

if they wont play ball you could just pay the vat and claim it back yourself

What method do you use to claim uk vat back?

Nuttzz

di11on wrote: »

We're VAT registered and am trying to source items on Ebay.

I'm having difficulty getting UK sellers to remove the VAT... anyone have any experience of this? Aren't they supposed to remove the VAT when both parties are VAT registered and it's an intra-eu transaction?

Yes they are but you have to give them your vat number before they raise the sale

drunkmonkey

does anyone know how to claim back the uk vat if it's not duducted by the seller?

baz_ctr

i don't think you can claim it back from the irish revenue, i had the same problem before i just used sellers that removed the vat to save me hassle and paying vat i didn't need to pay;)

SilverBER

UK sellers only use the VAT portion to increase their profit margin. They reprint the invoice without the VAT and submit that in their return while pocketing the VAT that we pay them. Better off factoring in the VAT as an overall cost during your price comparisons as you can't claim it back in Ireland. I tried that a few years ago with a N Ireland company but Revenue wouldnt wear it so I went back to them and told them that the business relationship would be at an end unless they dropped the VAT.
Even B&Q Northern Ireland will deduct the VAT from their shelf prices to southern customers once you produce a VAT registration from the south.

aidan.connolly

If you are Vat Registered in the Republic of Ireland, UK companies should not charge you vat. The recovery process if they do, is covered by the EU Vat
8th Directive. It is a slow process and can take anything from 6 months up to a year to get the vat back from the UK tax authorities.

Better if you can get them not to charge vat in the first place. I have also had to pay UK vat on Ebay purchases, but it was not a lot.