Review of 2021 liabilities on goods sold by overseas sellers to UK consumers via marketplaces On 28 April 2025, the UK’s HMRC announced plans to review the January 2021 marketplace liabilities for import consignments not exceeding £135. These rules made the UK facilitating marketplace liable
On 1 January 2021, the UK ecommerce VAT rules changed on consignments not exceeding £135 and deemed supplier online marketplaces (OMP). This mirrored the 1 July 2021 EU e-commerce VAT package. A concession on business-to-business B2B imported sales of goods was made. Instead of output
The UK’s ecommerce import VAT and deemed supplier online marketplace changes on 1 January 2021 included the obligation to charge output (sales) VAT on import consignments not exceeding £135 intrinsic value. But how is this £135 threshold calculated? And what if the consignment is made-up
The UK has implemented its e-commerce VAT reforms for online sellers and marketplaces (OMP) on 1 January 2021. This changes the rules on import VAT for e-commerce, and makes marketplaces liable for the UK VAT obligations of their third-party sellers. This will mean UK VAT
