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How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.

• Updated: 13 May 2022

Rules for online and distance selling for businesses

• Distance selling

  You must provide certain information if you’re selling goods or services…

• Online selling

  As well as the rules for distance selling, there are extra rules for…

Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.

• Updated: 23 April 2024

Find out about the Competition and Market Authority (CMA)'s work to tackle potentially harmful online selling practices.

• Updated: 29 March 2023

Restrictions during lockdowns impacted where we could spend our money, pushing up the proportion of online retail sales to an all-time high. This article analyses RSI, CHAPS, and Revolut data to explore what people were spending their money on from...

• Updated: 11 July 2022

OPSS is leading a fresh campaign to raise awareness of unsafe products sold online, with resources for local authorities, community groups and the public.

• Updated: 28 November 2025

How the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is helping businesses to comply with the law, and using its new powers to tackle poor online pricing practices.

• Updated: 18 November 2025

Facts relating to e-commerce and web sales

• Updated: 8 October 2015

Find potential overseas buyers for your products and services. Get help selling online overseas. Get help from a trade specialist.

Find out how to work out what VAT to charge when goods are sold if you’re an online marketplace operator.

• Updated: 20 June 2025