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 outside the EU, a recent Read more
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 pay sellers’ VAT itself. The Read more
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 effect Jan. 1, mean that Read more
