From July will we pay VAT twice for many non-EU purchases?! | eBay Coffee

kashinokira_81 · 2021-07-09T14:13:14.899000Z

Hi everyone! I’m trying to figure out how extra-EU purchases work from July 1st and it seems to me that Ebay is trying to... minimize the whole thing. Practical example: if today I buy an item from a Japanese seller on Ebay, I automatically pay VAT on the item and shipping. BUT, so that I don’t have to pay VAT again (+ postal fees) upon delivery, the Japanese seller on the ELECTRONIC customs declaration (please note: electronic, as required by the EU) must include the IOSS code provided by Ebay. Otherwise I’ll pay again! Now, if the shipment is NOT sent with expensive couriers already enabled for the IOSS system, but with the regular airmail of the Japanese postal service, the seller will have no way to fill out an ELECTRONIC customs declaration. So it’s practically certain that I’ll pay VAT again (+ postal fees) when the package arrives. Can anyone prove me wrong? Is it right that Ebay makes us pay VAT for extra-EU purchases even if only one (tiny?) part of shipments can have an ELECTRONIC customs declaration, without which the buyer pays VAT twice? I think this is unfair to buyers, and a problem for those selling from outside the EU.

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