Edwin Maughan

As soon as turnover (including US sales) for the prior 12m falls below £90K, would I be able to register for VAT in order to release the ebay hold? Presumably, yes, but would I be able to then deregister straight afterwards?

EBay say they want either a VAT number or to see a letter of exemption from HMRC. How could I get a letter of exemption? Excluding the US sales, we are below the threshold, and are not VAT registered.

I have goods for sale on ebay.com (ie the US Ebay site) For sales on this site, I fulfill the orders from US suppliers who send direct to the US customers. Do these sales count towards the VAT threshold or not? I think not, because they are "out of scope" Ebay say they do, because I've stated on the eBay listings that the "item location" is my address in the UK since I dont know in advance which US supplier I am going to use. So do these sales count towards the VAT threshold or not?