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Find out if you need to declare income from selling personal possessions, goods or services online, creating online content or renting out property using digital platforms.
Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.
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As an online marketplace operator, check if a seller is established outside the UK, so that you can work out who is liable for VAT on sales.
Find out how to work out what VAT to charge when goods are sold if you’re an online marketplace operator.
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
Document how you’ve collected your non-UK suppliers’ household electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces as defined in the amended waste EEE regulations must submit a methodology.
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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