Written questions

Electronic Commerce: VAT

Commons · Question 99816 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 22 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will expedite a consultation into proposals to require online marketplace sellers to collect VAT from overseas sellers.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 22 Dec 2025

Since 1 January 2021 overseas sellers, or online marketplaces where they facilitate the sale, are required to be registered and account for VAT for supplies of low value imports of £135 or less. Where an overseas seller sells goods located in the UK at th...