Purchase from the United Kingdom - tax application | Questions and answers among users

piecolav · 2025-03-26T21:17:36.501000Z

I’d like some information about the application of VAT and duties for purchasing an item from Great Britain. Specifically, it would be a support for a digital microscope bought from an English seller. The item was shipped through Ebay’s shipping system. In addition to the shipping costs, taxes and duties were charged to me amounting to about 25% of the total (cost of the support + shipping costs). The seller was a professional user with a VAT number and according to the agreements signed between the United Kingdom and the EC (EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which came into force on May 1, 2021), to allow free trade between goods from the United Kingdom and the EC and vice versa, in the sale of goods between a business and a private individual no duties should be applied and moreover VAT should be charged in the exporting country. So from this it follows that no additional taxes should have been applied to the sale. I contacted Ebay’s support center and the operator, after quite a bit of difficulty getting him to understand the issue, told me that he would open a complaint. But it seems that this was never actually done, since several days have passed without me having heard anything about it from Ebay.I am therefore asking anyone who knows more than I do for more information and whether I am wrong or right about the matter.Thanks in advance for the support!

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