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October 17, 2024
How to Reduce Shipping Costs for Ecommerce Sellers
Shipping costs can quickly eat into an ecommerce business's profits, making it essential for sellers to find effective ways to reduce them. Whether you’re a small seller or a large ecommerce enterprise, controlling shipping expenses is critical to maintaining competitive pricing and improving your bottom line. Here are several strategies to help reduce shipping costs […]


September 12, 2024
EU Payment Preferences: What You Need to Know to Increase Conversions
Are you offering your EU customers their preferred payment options? Increasing conversion rates is all about reducing the barriers between a user and the action you want them to take. In the case of ecommerce, that action is making a purchase, and one of the final hurdles is payment.   It takes a lot of […]
Everything you need to know about DAC7 [FAQs]
DAC7 Reporting Obligations 2025  With the introduction of DAC7 in 2022, online retailers trading on marketplaces such as Amazon may fall within the scope of the new reporting obligations of digital platforms. Under the new initiative, online marketplaces must report sellers’ revenue and business information to tax authorities annually when facilitating supplies to EU consumers.  […]


July 26, 2024
How to Get More Ecommerce Sales in Europe
International ecommerce sales in Europe are increasing year on year, but how can you take advantage of the trend? What are businesses doing to get more ecommerce sales in Europe? The key is knowing your target market and their expectations, then finding ways to meet them.  Know who you’re selling to  Ultimately, good market research […]


July 11, 2024
Amazon’s Call-off Stock Program is Ending
Call-off stock is a common tax arrangement for business-to-business transactions in the EU. Amazon has been using it as a ‘quick fix’ for sellers’ VAT registrations. Amazon’s Call-off stock program enabled sellers to store their goods closer to their EU customers while reducing the number of VAT registrations needed to make that happen.  Amazon is […]


June 24, 2024
9 Tips for Your EU Ecommerce Growth Strategy 
The EU single market is the largest single market in the world and sees increasing ecommerce sales year-on-year. With half a billion people in the EU across 27 member states there’s lots of potential to reach new customers. All expansions are an investment, and moving into Europe is no different. The Union and each member state […]


July 4, 2023
2023 EU Customs Reform VAT Implications
The European Commission published in May 2023 a package of proposals to transform and modernise the EU Customs Union.   The reform aims to significantly simplify current customs procedures with measures such as replacing traditional customs declarations and giving customs operators digital tools able to cope with the recent boom in parcels entering the EU, notably […]


June 28, 2023
Jersey: B2C Sales of Imported Goods Subject to GST
Starting July 1st 2023, new GST obligations will apply for overseas retailers supplying goods to Jersey-based consumers. The new regulations were originally due to be introduced on January 1st 2023, but were postponed by the local government to give traders more time to prepare for the new rules. To create a level playing field between […]


May 10, 2023
Switzerland to introduce platform taxation from 2025
Switzerland to introduce platform taxation from 2025 The Swiss Federal Department of Finance is planning to introduce further tax obligations on online marketplaces from 2025. Under this platform taxation project, all marketplace operators will account and remit the VAT on all supplies of imported goods that they facilitate. The changes to the Swiss VAT Act […]


February 27, 2023
CESOP and Payment Service Reporting Obligations 2024
Starting in 2024, payment service providers facilitating cross-border payments in the EU will be compelled to transmit data on international payments originating from the EU to the upcoming Central Electronic System of Payment Information (CESOP), a centralised database accessible to EU tax authorities. Under the new obligations, institutions and businesses offering payment services will need […]
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