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Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
You must provide certain information if you’re selling goods or services…
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.
Find out if you need to pay VAT when you sell goods to customers in the UK using an online marketplace.
Find out if you need to pay VAT if you sell goods using an online marketplace or direct to customers in the UK.
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
Anyone in Northern Ireland selling medicines to the public via a website must still comply with the requirement to apply the EU common logo.
Details you need to give to digital platforms when selling goods or services in the UK.
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 how to work out what VAT to charge when goods are sold if you’re an online marketplace operator.
Find potential overseas buyers for your products and services. Get help selling online overseas. Get help from a trade specialist.
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