Questions about VAT, OSS scheme, flat-rate regime, eBay sales as a professional | Selling on eBay

bestever101 · 2025-05-15T08:55:12.020000Z

I am a professional seller and I am already registered with my VAT number on Ebay.I need to join the European centralized OSS system for VAT reporting because I will very likely exceed 10,000 euros a year. This “issue” only comes up for sales outside Italy to Europe and not to non-European countries, for which VAT is not declared or paid. So I will have to increase the selling price of a given item by VAT only in European countries, excluding Italy, right? I wanted to know whether:Do I need to change my selling prices by adding VAT, or will Ebay itself add the correct VAT depending on the country of residence and charge it to my European customers (not Italian ones, I live in Italy) at the time of payment? For example, if the price of one of my products for sale is 100 and I sell this item in Italy, do I add the 22% myself to the item's price, or will Ebay do it automatically and charge the VAT to the customer? I am under the flat-rate scheme, so in Italy I do not have to pay any VAT. If instead I sell abroad, how does it work with VAT? In the case of one of my sales to an Italian customer, is VAT also paid by the Italian buyer, since I am resident in Italy, or not? I am resident in Italy and I operate under the flat-rate scheme. Will the VAT paid by my customers be remitted automatically by Ebay to the tax authorities, or will I have to pay it myself? Do I need to register for OSS on my own, or is that something Ebay does automatically?I think many people will have asked themselves these same questions.

MoreDiscussions

Questions about VAT, OSS scheme, flat-rate regime, eBay sales as a professional | Selling on eBay | eBay Italy