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I can tell you how it works in Poland. Ebays direct competitor in central/east europe is Allegro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegro_(auction_website) https:/
by rasz_pl 11y ago
I can tell you how it works in Poland. Ebays direct competitor in central/east europe is Allegro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegro_(auction_website) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegro_(auction_website), Polish tax collection agency bought software that lets them scan Allegro auctions as far back as 2007. They started suing INDIVIDUALS (not companies/corporations, those usually know how to "legally" pump profits out of the country, just like Amazon/FB do) and are winning in courts. We are talking woman selling used baby clothes here, not electronic retailers importing containers worth of stuff from asia.
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoUK's HMRC have neither the skill, the resources, nor the political inclination to do something like that. The EU still has a huge issue with VATMOSS. The idiot bureaucrat in the EU responsible for the mess has been moving over to an exemption for small businesses - which he thinks should be around £5k, and not the £100k which would be more sensible. I've heard stories of tax inspectors telling small businesses just to ignore VATMOSS. Bottom line - considering that Amazon gets away with paying so little tax in the UK, I'll be surprised if this is more than PR effort.