Ecommerce Industry News
Online sellers are increasingly burdened with tax regulations at every jurisdictional level, at home and abroad. On Tuesday, payments platform Stripe announced it will acquire TaxJar to help online businesses deal with tax compliance. For […]
Online marketplaces and ecommerce platforms have been warning sellers about changes when selling to the UK that take effect on January 1, 2021. The changes are due to Brexit (the withdrawal of the UK from […]
eBay warned sellers of new rules when exporting goods to the UK as of January 1, 2021. eBay said US sellers who list on the US eBay site don’t have to take any action, while […]
Amazon issued an advisory to European sellers about Germany’s decision to temporary lower its value added tax (VAT). According to Law 360, Germany’s government hopes the temporary reduction “will entice consumers to make purchases as […]
eBay announced this week it would begin displaying UK VAT numbers on listings: “If you have previously provided us with a UK VAT number, this will now be automatically displayed on your listings, effective from […]
eBay is lobbying in Europe over a proposed change to EU Value Added Tax (VAT). The marketplace said the new system would have a significantly negative impact on small businesses and consumers in Europe, including […]
eBay advised UK sellers of two changes that will impact their bottom line. First, eBay will begin charging 20% AT on all fees billed to business sellers with a UK-registered address. And secondly, eBay UK […]
European governments want to collect taxes on international purchases made by their residents; marketplaces want to comply with government regulations around such taxes; and sellers are left in the middle. In the case of sellers […]
Etsy will begin collecting VAT on seller fees from European sellers later this year. VAT stands for Value Added Tax. Etsy is apparently required to collect the tax on seller fees but had chosen initially to […]
Beginning this month, the European Union is changing the procedure by which sellers must collect and remit value-added taxes (VAT) on digital goods and services purchased by residents of EU countries. The changes, which took […]