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  • RE: Selling goods shipped from France to final customer in the UK

    Hi, Thank you for your response. Apologies if it was unclear. The goods are expected to be delivered in the UK to final customers. They originate from France and directly shipped to the customers in the UK but sold through my company based in the UK.
  • Selling goods shipped from France to final customer in the UK

    Hi, I'm looking at setting up an online shop based in the UK that will sell good produced and shipped directly from France. I started looking at various articles - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-and-overseas-goods-sold-directly-to-customers-in-the-uk - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-and-overseas-goods-sold-to-customers-in-the-uk-using-online-marketplaces#importing-online But it still unclear for me if it's considered Business to Business or Marketplace. The turnover will be less than £85,000 but from what I understand I would still have to register for VAT? Am I understanding correctly: - That the supplier would ship the goods to the final customer with an invoice that I would issue from my UK business and charging VAT? - My UK business would the be liable to pay VAT to HMRC? - The supplier would not charge me French VAT on export? (Is there anything they need to be mindful of for the export? Specific forms, documents, wording? Thanks.