Etsy Seller VAT & Import Tax Reference

Etsy is registered as a marketplace facilitator (also called a "deemed seller") in the countries in the table below. When a buyer in one of those countries purchases your item, Etsy automatically adds the correct local VAT or GST rate at checkout, collects it from the buyer, and remits it directly to that country's tax authority. You receive your sale proceeds minus Etsy's regular fees — you do not receive the VAT, and you do not file any VAT return in those countries. You have zero administrative burden for those sales.

No — as long as your only sales there are through Etsy. Etsy's marketplace-facilitator status covers the VAT obligation on your behalf. You are not required to register for VAT in those countries solely because of your Etsy sales. The exception: if you have other sales channels (your own website, another marketplace) that take you above a country's registration threshold, you may need to register independently for those channels, at which point the rules change.

No. Etsy's UK VAT collection is designed for sellers who are not UK VAT registered. If you are registered, you are responsible for accounting for UK VAT on your Etsy sales yourself and must provide Etsy with your UK VAT registration number. Etsy should then not charge buyers UK VAT on your listings — the listings will show prices excluding VAT, and you charge and account for it in your own VAT returns. Always confirm the exact process in your Etsy Shop Manager > Taxes settings.

The €10,000 threshold applies to intra-EU cross-border business-to-consumer (B2C) sales across all platforms and channels combined. If you are an EU seller and your total cross-border B2C sales within the EU stay below €10,000 per year, you can charge your home-country VAT rate on all sales. Once you exceed €10,000, you must either register for the EU's One Stop Shop (OSS) — a single registration in your home country that covers all EU countries — or register for VAT individually in each EU country where you sell. Etsy collects VAT on your Etsy sales regardless, but those sales still count toward your €10,000 threshold calculation.

The US uses sales tax, not VAT. Etsy acts as a marketplace facilitator for US state sales tax in all states that have enacted marketplace facilitator laws — which covers virtually all US states with a sales tax. This means Etsy already collects and remits US state sales tax on your behalf, just like it does for the VAT countries in this table. You generally do not need to register for or collect sales tax separately for Etsy transactions in any US state. (If you sell through other channels like your own website, you may have separate nexus obligations.)

Etsy adds new countries to its marketplace-facilitator registrations regularly — typically a few new entries each year as more countries enact digital services VAT rules or update their marketplace laws. This reference is verified July 2026 and updated quarterly. Always cross-reference with Etsy's official Taxes policy page (etsy.com/legal/vat/) before making compliance decisions, especially if your home country or a key buyer market isn't on this list.

Import VAT applies when physical goods are shipped across an international border and the customs value exceeds the destination country's de minimis threshold. For most countries in this table, Etsy's marketplace-facilitator registration covers the VAT on the sale, but for large shipments above customs thresholds, the buyer's national customs authority may still assess additional import duties (customs duty, not VAT). This is most relevant for high-value physical goods. For digital downloads, no import duties apply — only VAT, which Etsy collects.

If the buyer's country is not in this table, Etsy does not collect local VAT on your behalf for sales to buyers there. Whether you personally have a VAT obligation depends on that country's domestic rules — most countries only require foreign sellers to register once they exceed a local turnover threshold. For small Etsy shops with only occasional sales to a specific country, the threshold is rarely exceeded. If you have significant sales to a country not on this list, consult a tax professional familiar with that jurisdiction.