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| | | Author: | rathdolcu  | | Posted: | Oct 27, 2021 07:22 | | Subject: | Vat charges to EU customer | | Viewed: | 94 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Have had an order come through from Spain I'm an Australian seller.
The order is for AUD $5.62 and shipping is about AUD $26.40.
Bricklink are collecting AUD $6.91 in VAT??!!! How is the vat greater than the
parts? Surely you don't pay tax on the shipping as well? Is this an error
from bricklink.
Customer has paid the invoice but it doesn't seem correct to me.
Anyone able to shed light?
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| | | | | Author: | Alico64 | | Posted: | Oct 27, 2021 07:28 | | Subject: | Re: Vat charges to EU customer | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rathdolcu writes:
| | Have had an order come through from Spain I'm an Australian seller.
The order is for AUD $5.62 and shipping is about AUD $26.40.
Bricklink are collecting AUD $6.91 in VAT??!!! How is the vat greater than the
parts? Surely you don't pay tax on the shipping as well? Is this an error
from bricklink.
Customer has paid the invoice but it doesn't seem correct to me.
Anyone able to shed light?
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Actually, VAT is charged for the grand total and is applicable to shipping cost
as well.
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 27, 2021 07:30 | | Subject: | Re: Vat charges to EU customer | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rathdolcu writes:
| | Have had an order come through from Spain I'm an Australian seller.
The order is for AUD $5.62 and shipping is about AUD $26.40.
Bricklink are collecting AUD $6.91 in VAT??!!! How is the vat greater than the
parts? Surely you don't pay tax on the shipping as well? Is this an error
from bricklink.
Customer has paid the invoice but it doesn't seem correct to me.
Anyone able to shed light?
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No, it’s correct. Shipping is a service that adds value to the product, therefore
the Added Value is Taxed (VAT).
There’s some rules INSIDE EU that allow to not have VAT on shipping (when shipping
is clearly separated and at cost (i.e., it’s pure shipping, not shipping & handling))
but, AFAIK, they don’t apply to out-of-EU orders.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Oct 27, 2021 10:31 | | Subject: | Re: Vat charges to EU customer | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, rathdolcu writes:
| | Have had an order come through from Spain I'm an Australian seller.
The order is for AUD $5.62 and shipping is about AUD $26.40.
Bricklink are collecting AUD $6.91 in VAT??!!! How is the vat greater than the
parts? Surely you don't pay tax on the shipping as well? Is this an error
from bricklink.
Customer has paid the invoice but it doesn't seem correct to me.
Anyone able to shed light?
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No, it’s correct. Shipping is a service that adds value to the product, therefore
the Added Value is Taxed (VAT).
There’s some rules INSIDE EU that allow to not have VAT on shipping (when shipping
is clearly separated and at cost (i.e., it’s pure shipping, not shipping & handling))
but, AFAIK, they don’t apply to out-of-EU orders.
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Actually the rule here is that the shipping rate has the same VAT percentage
as the thing you're invoicing for. If you're selling Lego, that'll
be 21% on the shipping rates, and if it will be books (not instruction booklets)
it will be 9%. The reason the tax agency here give for that, if I may be so free
to paraphrase, is that they are too lazy to check it all in detail.
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| | | | | Author: | Dino | | Posted: | Oct 27, 2021 07:31 | | Subject: | Re: Vat charges to EU customer | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rathdolcu writes:
| | Have had an order come through from Spain I'm an Australian seller.
The order is for AUD $5.62 and shipping is about AUD $26.40.
Bricklink are collecting AUD $6.91 in VAT??!!! How is the vat greater than the
parts? Surely you don't pay tax on the shipping as well? Is this an error
from bricklink.
Customer has paid the invoice but it doesn't seem correct to me.
Anyone able to shed light?
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Genau das ist die Ursache! VAT wird auf die Gesamtsumme verlangt.
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 27, 2021 10:26 | | Subject: | Re: Vat charges to EU customer | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rathdolcu writes:
| | Have had an order come through from Spain I'm an Australian seller.
The order is for AUD $5.62 and shipping is about AUD $26.40.
Bricklink are collecting AUD $6.91 in VAT??!!! How is the vat greater than the
parts? Surely you don't pay tax on the shipping as well? Is this an error
from bricklink.
Customer has paid the invoice but it doesn't seem correct to me.
Anyone able to shed light?
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Was this order for relatively uncommon parts that cannot be bought in the EU
at a significantly lower price once postage is added on?
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