Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | bricks.steine  | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 16:08 | | Subject: | Re: EU VAT Registration Guidelines | | Viewed: | 146 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| As stated by the Dutch member, the same regulation concerning used goods (Differenzbesteuerung)
applies in Germany. All goods sold by using Differenzbesteuerung are not counting
for the 10000 Euro.
Regards
Stefan
In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | An email was sent out a few hours ago concerning the new requirements for EU
sellers regarding VAT registration. I am reposting the email here for those who
may have missed it.
Email Preview: Action may be required if you have reached the new EU VAT distance
sales of goods threshold in the preceding 12 months EU VAT Registration Guidelines
Dear BrickLink member,
Following the implementation of the new EU VAT e-commerce rules for online marketplaces,
BrickLink is asking each seller who has reached, or expects to reach, the new
EUR 10 000 distance sales of goods threshold for the preceding 12 months to ensure
they are compliant with their EU VAT registration obligations and provide proof
of registration.
Changes at a glance:
• The previous thresholds for distance sales of goods to buyers in other EU Member
States (EUR 35 000 or 100 000, depending on the Member State) has been abolished
and replaced by a new EU-wide threshold of EUR 10 000.
• Below this threshold, you can continue to apply the domestic rules for VAT
on your cross-border sales. If your sales are above this threshold, you are liable
for VAT in the Member State where your buyers are located. Alternatively, you
can register for the One Stop Shop (OSS) – where you can register for VAT in
one Member State and pay the VAT due in other Member States.
• For more information, please see the European Commission article on this topic
here: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/online-sellers_en
What this means for you:
• If your sales in the preceding 12 months are above the new EUR 10 000 distance
sales of goods threshold, you will need to register for the OSS or in each individual
EU Member State where you sell on BrickLink.
• If BrickLink determines or receives notification that you are not meeting your
VAT obligations within 30 days after receiving this notice, this will result
in the suspension of your selling abilities on BrickLink.
• Once registered for VAT, you will need to enter a valid VAT and/or OSS registration
number in your Store Settings page within the Management tab and enable VAT in
your settings.
This material has been prepared for informational purposes only, and is not intended
to provide, and should not be relied on for advice. Please speak with a tax professional
if you have any questions about your tax obligations. BrickLink does not assume
any responsibility in terms of determining or notifying sellers about their VAT
registration obligations.
Thank You,
The BrickLink Team
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| Author: | bricks.steine | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2021 11:08 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers using VAT margin goods will be banned | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Although I will not make it to 10k at all, the same thing applies for used goods
in Germany if you use DIFFERENZBESTEUERUNG. Bricklink definitely should do something
on this topic.
Here the link from my law firm:
https://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de/eu-umsatzsteuerreform-online-handel-juli-2021.html
Regards
Stefan
In Help, ZwarteMagica writes:
| | Sellers using VAT margin goods will be banned by Bricklink according to https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=306500
VAT margin goods
Marge regeling
MwSt. Marge Artikel
TVA sur marge Produit
Dear colleague store owners,
Let's unite to educate BrickLink about EU rules in order not to ruin our
businesses.
I know there are a lot of sellers using the 'VAT margin goods regulation'.
(for now I stick to English, other languages of the same term above) As far as
my knowledge goes, VAT margin goods do not count towards the €10.000 threshold.
Therefore, stores operating under the 'VAT margin goods regulation' are
not effected at all by the new rules and BrickLink should act accordingly.
For the Netherlands indisputable proof (*links*), that the VAT margin goods are
exempted, is available. We would like to collect more data about stores potentially
affected in other languages and countries.
Please reply in this topic if you currently use your 'VAT margin goods regulation'
and would like to continue to do so in the future. Please state your shop-name,
country and the official term/phrase applicable in your country.
Kind regards,
Marcel
HappyB
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| Author: | bricks.steine | | Posted: | Jul 12, 2021 11:07 | | Subject: | Re: Identification help on 3 parts. | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| #2 should be Playmobil.
Regards
Stefan
In Catalog Identification, fooleeze writes:
| | I knew this would be quick!  I probably would have stumbled upon this today,
as I'm working to list some minifig weapons. . .
#1 doesn't look like it was broken. The coloring in my picture isn't
great, the color does match the Lego Light Gray pretty well, and the quality
seems decent, which is why I was questioning it.
Thanks for your help!
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#3 is
Does #1 look like it broke off of anything? If not, I don't think it's
a LEGO piece. I don't think #2 is a LEGO piece either.
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| Author: | bricks.steine | | Posted: | Jul 4, 2021 08:51 | | Subject: | Re: 64391pb033 / 64683pb033 | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| Thank you, I did not know this feature. Already added it.
Stefan
In Catalog Requests, hpoort writes:
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| Author: | bricks.steine | | Posted: | Jul 4, 2021 08:46 | | Subject: | 64391pb033 / 64683pb033 | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | | For: | Catalog Associate | | Status: | Already Exists | |
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| Hello Admins,
should
and
maybe get the hint "This Item pairs with the following Item(s):"
Regards
Stefan
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| Author: | bricks.steine | | Posted: | Jul 2, 2021 03:35 | | Subject: | Re: NEW VAT changes 1st july | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Hello,
the same problem in Germany: Here it is called "Differenzbesteuerung". And according
to our law firm, the 10000 Euro do NOT apply for used goods at all. So similar
to the Dutch regulations.
Regards
Stefan
In General, Loonbricks writes:
| | Hello everyone,
Since the first of july (yesterday) we have had some big changes in the VAT collection
system in europe.
"Following the introduction on the new rules for online marketplaces, BrickLink
will enable its VAT collection for goods imported into the European Union (EU)
on July 1st to comply with the new EU VAT Marketplace rules."
(Everyone should have received this email from bricklink)
It basically means that once I sell over 10.000€ a year to EU countries i need
to pay my VAT in the country i ship to, not in my own country.
The problem is that the bricklink methodes for implementing VAT to your store
are far from perfect (as far as i can find out). In Holland we have a special
VAT rule called the 'Margin scheme' which means you are dealing in EXCLUSIVELY
purchased 2nd hand goods and do not settle any tax on purchases or sales, other
than the tax paid over your profit margin.
So the problem is, if i read this correctly in the bricklink email from the 29th
of june, When I am selling for more than €10.000 a year in europe I need to enable
VAT in my store, which means all my goods will be charged with 21%, the dutch
VAT rate, while all of my goods actually need to be charged with 0%, cause of
this special margin scheme tax regulation.
This is straight from the government tax website:
"If you sell goods that fall under the so-called margin scheme, these deliveries
do not count towards the threshold amount. If you apply the margin scheme, you
will owe Dutch VAT to the tax authorities on the profit margin of the goods.
You do not charge VAT to the customer and do not mention this on the invoice.
The VAT is included in your sales price."
At this moment I can not open my store cause once i hit 10.000€ in sales in europe
my VAT needs to be enabled and i will loose 17% of my income, which has nothing
to do with my business and the VAT regulation I am working in.
Is there anyone that has more information about this or any idea on what my options
are here?
At this moment I closed my shop to shield myself from potential problems, but
this is my full time job so I am without income as long as Bricklink does not
offer an option here.
It is possible that brickling does offer an option that I just don't know
off, this is why I am asking about it!
Thanks again for the help. I know I am not the only one with this issue and a
lot of my friends / colleages from holland would like to know this as well.
gr,
Kevin, Owner of Loonbricks.
PS, english is not my main language, I apologise for any misspelling or gramatical
errors.
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| Author: | bricks.steine | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 13:49 | | Subject: | Re: EU Umsatzsteuerreform - drei Fragen: | | Viewed: | 128 times | | Topic: | LANG Deutsch | |
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| Ich war anfangs auch Kleinunternehmer und habe problemlos eine Umsatzsteuer ID
bekommen.
In LANG Deutsch, Capriheld writes:
| | Oh Mann, ich mag einfach die Finanzämter....
Klar bin ich Kleinunternehmer. Also keine UStID
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| Author: | bricks.steine | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 04:36 | | Subject: | Re: EU Umsatzsteuerreform - drei Fragen: | | Viewed: | 159 times | | Topic: | LANG Deutsch | |
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| Gilt nur für EU-Länder, alle anderen Länder spielen keine Rolle.
Die Lieferschwelle gilt außerdem nicht für Gebrauchtwaren, sofern die Differenzbesteuerung
angewendet wird.
Viele Grüße
Stefan
In LANG Deutsch, Capriheld writes:
| | Hallo Zusammen,
bezüglich der neuen EU Umsatzsteuerreform:
Ich werde die 10.000 EUR für EU-Länder nicht überschreiten - Also brauche ich
Nichts machen, oder?
Die 10.000 EUR gelten auch nur für die EU, die Nicht EU-Länder sind egal?
Oder brauche ich trotzdem noch eine Umsatzsteuernummer o.Ä.?
Grüße Mathias
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| Author: | bricks.steine | | Posted: | May 19, 2021 02:18 | | Subject: | Re: Important changes German "Verpackungsgesetz" | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
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| It is a German law, but based on a EU decision from the 1990s.
Every EU country did something different to reduce packaging material - Germany
constructed a bureaucratic monster. This monster is growing even more in the
next years after the actual changes...
Regards
Stefan
In Terms and Policies, patpendlego writes:
| | In Terms and Policies, bricks.steine writes:
| | A message to the bricklink-Administration:
The German "Verpackungsgesetz" ("Packaging Law") has been changed.
I am not a lawyer, but there is one important change that - maybe - is affecting
bricklink:
If bricklink acts as an Online Marketplace (and I guess that is the fact if you
see all the changes concerning US-taxes, UK-VAT,...), from next year on, bricklink
has to make sure that all German sellers are licensed to the LUCID-platform (platform
for licensing packaging material used by sellers). Otherwise bricklink as the
responsible Online Marketplace could get "draconic penalties" (words used by
a German law firm) by the German authorities.
Again: I am not a lawyer - maybe I made a mistake in interpreting that text.
But it could be a good idea that bricklink checks the upcoming legal obligations.
There is enough time: the changes come into effect in July 2022.
But we all followed how long the implementation of UK-VAT lasted - I would not
love it if German sellers are banned by bricklink after the first penalty because
of that changes in law.
Please bricklink, start now to check your upcoming obligations - not in July
2022.
Best regards
Stefan
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Interesting. I have attempted to find something similar in The NL found a site
with regulations but not something like LUCID. Not yet, because if this is an
EU regulation I assume it will be implemented in all EU countries?
Arnoud
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| Author: | bricks.steine | | Posted: | May 18, 2021 16:50 | | Subject: | Re: Important changes German "Verpackungsgesetz" | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
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| Not only plastic. You have to register every kind of packaging material that
you use: Paper, plastic, glass,...
And of course you have to pay fees to recycling companies for that amounts of
packaging material 
https://www.verpackungsregister.org/
Regards
Stefan
In Terms and Policies, StonesHeart writes:
| | In Terms and Policies, bricks.steine writes:
| | A message to the bricklink-Administration:
The German "Verpackungsgesetz" ("Packaging Law") has been changed.
I am not a lawyer, but there is one important change that - maybe - is affecting
bricklink:
If bricklink acts as an Online Marketplace (and I guess that is the fact if you
see all the changes concerning US-taxes, UK-VAT,...), from next year on, bricklink
has to make sure that all German sellers are licensed to the LUCID-platform (platform
for licensing packaging material used by sellers). Otherwise bricklink as the
responsible Online Marketplace could get "draconic penalties" (words used by
a German law firm) by the German authorities.
Again: I am not a lawyer - maybe I made a mistake in interpreting that text.
But it could be a good idea that bricklink checks the upcoming legal obligations.
There is enough time: the changes come into effect in July 2022.
But we all followed how long the implementation of UK-VAT lasted - I would not
love it if German sellers are banned by bricklink after the first penalty because
of that changes in law.
Please bricklink, start now to check your upcoming obligations - not in July
2022.
Best regards
Stefan
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Is to remove plastic in packaging? Would applaude that. But it would require
to reconsider LEGO packaging big time.
Thanks for the heads-up,
Marco
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| Author: | bricks.steine | | Posted: | May 18, 2021 15:57 | | Subject: | Important changes German "Verpackungsgesetz" | | Viewed: | 142 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
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| A message to the bricklink-Administration:
The German "Verpackungsgesetz" ("Packaging Law") has been changed.
I am not a lawyer, but there is one important change that - maybe - is affecting
bricklink:
If bricklink acts as an Online Marketplace (and I guess that is the fact if you
see all the changes concerning US-taxes, UK-VAT,...), from next year on, bricklink
has to make sure that all German sellers are licensed to the LUCID-platform (platform
for licensing packaging material used by sellers). Otherwise bricklink as the
responsible Online Marketplace could get "draconic penalties" (words used by
a German law firm) by the German authorities.
Again: I am not a lawyer - maybe I made a mistake in interpreting that text.
But it could be a good idea that bricklink checks the upcoming legal obligations.
There is enough time: the changes come into effect in July 2022.
But we all followed how long the implementation of UK-VAT lasted - I would not
love it if German sellers are banned by bricklink after the first penalty because
of that changes in law.
Please bricklink, start now to check your upcoming obligations - not in July
2022.
Best regards
Stefan
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| Author: | bricks.steine | | Posted: | May 8, 2021 04:04 | | Subject: | Re: what piece is this?? | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Not even custom printed, that parts are Playmobil
Regards
Stefan
In General, Ilikepandas writes:
| | hello
anyone know what these pieces are
thanks
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Germany, Bayern
