This discussion has gotten a bit heated. Please remember that, while it is fine to disagree with others, discussion should always remain friendly and respectful as required by the Community Guidelines .
Stop this childish behaviour. Insulting other members and posting repetitive little digs just because you have a beef with eBay is not worthy of who you can be.
Why not try engaging with the members here on a new basis of civility? You might end up making good friends and getting helpful replies.
Hello janeababe. I'm asking for advice/help about how I can get a refund on the VAT which was included in the price when it shouldn't be on exported items and also because VAT was in the total I've ended up paying GST on VAT. It all adds up to about $150. Thanks, connellcourt
I had the same issue in 2022 with a motorcycle exhaust muffler from Ebay UK. The full 20% VAT-inclusive item price was charged at checkout, despite my Australian delivery address. Then I was charged 10% Australian GST on the VAT inclusive price plus freight. I questioned this and was told I had paid no VAT, there was no invoice showing VAT, just the one showing GST.
I asked Ebay where the extra 20% went if not to the UK govt, Ebay UK or the seller?
No reply from Ebay. Something is wrong here, Ebay’s website said I should see the item price less VAT at checkout with a delivery address outside the UK. I paid the equivalent of 20%VAT, then 10% GST on that, with no transparency from Ebay. I checked using VPN that I see the same VAT-inclusive item prices on ebay.UK viewed from both inside and outside the UK. The key fact is that I paid the full VAT-inclusive price but did not pay VAT. What is EBAY doing with this money?
kh-jean
·2 years agoHi everyone,
This discussion has gotten a bit heated. Please remember that, while it is fine to disagree with others, discussion should always remain friendly and respectful as required by the Community Guidelines .
Thank you for your cooperation.
countessalmirena
·2 years agoStop this childish behaviour. Insulting other members and posting repetitive little digs just because you have a beef with eBay is not worthy of who you can be.
Why not try engaging with the members here on a new basis of civility? You might end up making good friends and getting helpful replies.
janeababe
·4 years agoHmmmm…. I don’t know what you’re saying 🤔
Are you asking us, or telling us? 😑
How about you get back to us with some more information, and be specific about what this thread is about.
We are not eBay, this is just a discussion board, but the members here can help steer you in the right direction.
I’ll kudo the OP to bring them back.
connellcourt
OP4 years agoHello janeababe. I'm asking for advice/help about how I can get a refund on the VAT which was included in the price when it shouldn't be on exported items and also because VAT was in the total I've ended up paying GST on VAT. It all adds up to about $150. Thanks, connellcourt
blacki999
·2 years agoI had the same issue in 2022 with a motorcycle exhaust muffler from Ebay UK. The full 20% VAT-inclusive item price was charged at checkout, despite my Australian delivery address. Then I was charged 10% Australian GST on the VAT inclusive price plus freight.
I questioned this and was told I had paid no VAT, there was no invoice showing VAT, just the one showing GST.
I asked Ebay where the extra 20% went if not to the UK govt, Ebay UK or the seller?
No reply from Ebay. Something is wrong here, Ebay’s website said I should see the item price less VAT at checkout with a delivery address outside the UK.
I paid the equivalent of 20%VAT, then 10% GST on that, with no transparency from Ebay. I checked using VPN that I see the same VAT-inclusive item prices on ebay.UK viewed from both inside and outside the UK.
The key fact is that I paid the full VAT-inclusive price but did not pay VAT. What is EBAY doing with this money?
IanB
bjlcr
·2 years agoThis happened to me with my last sale to Netherlands.But I looked this morning and Ebay have seemed to have found their mistake and fixed it up.
creekman51
·2 years agoit seems like just another ebay scam just like their scamming little tax on postage!
padi*0409
·2 years agoAnd part of the reason eBay started applying fees to postage was that sellers were inflating postage costs to scam eBay.
Remember the dollar items with 99 dollars for postage ?
creekman51
·2 years agowhat a load of garbage they did it for one simple reason and one simple reason only ...too make more MONEY!!
domino-710
·2 years agoNow that is what I actually call ' garbage '.
padi*0409
·2 years agoThere ya go champ - fixed it for ya..............
gutterpunkz05
·2 years agodavewil1964
·2 years agoMany years on?
You don't seem to sell on eBay anymore, so how does it affect you? And you haven't given any advice to the OP, just another meaningless complaint.
Get over it.