Extra-EU purchase and VAT paid twice? | eBay Coffee

tomhar_70 · 2024-08-08T21:00:53.434000Z

Hello, I haven’t made any extra-EU purchases for a few years (except AliExpress, I mean), I bought 3 action figures from Japan from different sellers, today one of the packages was due for delivery but since I wasn’t home I found the courier’s receipt (Poste Italiane) in the mailbox with customs charges and postal fees. I paid $36 for the action figure + VAT already applied by eBay of $7.92 for a total of $43.92. Now I didn’t know that the EU had introduced VAT payment and all these lovely things. As customs charges, the receipt shows me €9.66 while postal fees are 5 euros. Now, are the 9.66 literally the VAT I already paid on eBay, or am I wrong? And in these cases what should I do? I certainly have no intention of giving money to the state and in other discussions it’s not very clear how to proceed. Besides, as I already said, I’m waiting for 2 other packages in which the VAT has already been paid and the amounts are higher. Do I need to go to the post office? Do I need to write to eBay? Do I need to figure out what to do by tomorrow.

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