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TimFox:
Yesterday, I ordered a book from a retailer in the Netherlands, for delivery to the US.  On their ordering system, I noticed that they were unable to ship to individuals in the UK, only to businesses.  All other countries (EU and US and others) seemed to be normal.
peter-h:
That's because EU online retailers are supposed to register on a system run by UK HMRC (tax collector) which they obviously hate doing (especially as most of them hate the UK anyway :) ) and hand over the VAT they have collected from UK customers.

I don't think US retailers are required to do this. It is something which came out of the 31 Dec 2020 "final deal" with Brussels. And obviously US firms aren't actually going to be doing this. It is however possible that some US "fronts" e.g. Ebay.com are offering this as a service to US sellers. I buy regularly from Ebay US based sellers and have seen a "import fees prepaid" thing mentioned.

Limiting trade to B2B is one way around this for mainland Europe sellers.

Frankly, I can barely remember ever buying anything from mainland Europe, personally or B2B. There is almost never a price advantage relative to ebay.co.uk or amazon.co.uk. Well, I bought a ski jacket from Germany 4 years ago, and some bike inner tubes from a French shop (that shop refused to ship to the UK though, for reasons they could not explain, so I got a friend in France to buy them and pop them in the post.
JohnnyMalaria:

--- Quote from: peter-h on March 08, 2021, 05:52:53 pm ---I don't think US retailers are required to do this. It is something which came out of the 31 Dec 2020 "final deal" with Brussels. And obviously US firms aren't actually going to be doing this. It is however possible that some US "fronts" e.g. Ebay.com are offering this as a service to US sellers. I buy regularly from Ebay US based sellers and have seen a "import fees prepaid" thing mentioned.

--- End quote ---

I don't understand why you think it doesn't apply to the US. The official links I have already provided are clear, as is this one:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-vat-treatment-of-overseas-goods-sold-to-customers-from-1-january-2021/changes-to-vat-treatment-of-overseas-goods-sold-to-customers-from-1-january-2021

I mentioned Louis Rossmann previously. Here's his explanation as to why he - a vendor in the US - will no longer sell to UK customers expressly because of the changes.

https://youtu.be/ar_7Z-MzPv8 (detail starts at 4:54)

peter-h:
Thanks - you are right.

I'd make two points though:

US sellers can just ignore this. UK buyers will expect for the UK Post Office to either pass this through, or collect the VAT, with a £8+ admin charge. They have always paid these charges.

If US sellers sell through one of the fronts (ebay.com etc) this is taken care of for them.
Howardlong:
Not sure this is the case, as an example I placed an order to a US company on Feb 3 for an item valued at $247+shipping, it was delivered on Feb 10 and I was charged by Fedex separately the import tax & duties just shy of £60.

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