eBay adding 6.6% TAX for a sale from UK to the USA?
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I sold a VNA calibration kit on eBay. I'm based in the UK, and the cal kit is to be delivered to the USA. The cost was ?559.00 GBP cal kit ?35 carriage ?37.12 GBP TAX ?631.12 GBP Total What I can't work out, is why eBay are charging TAX. The PayPal transaction shows this as VAT, but since the item is going outside the EU, no VAT should be charged. Also VAT is 20% here, not 6.6%. So I am puzzled why eBay has charged the customer more, increased my PayPal costs, then doing "something" with the TAX they have collected. As far as I can tell, they have no reason to be charging any TAX. Dr David Kirkby Ph.D C.Eng MIET Email: drkirkby@... Web: Kirkby Microwave Ltd (Tel 01621-680100 / +44 1621-680100) Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT. |
Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd