ebay managed payments - anyone using this future mandatory service yet?

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Which actually isn't a bad deal, since you might otherwise have to file and remit sales tax in up to 50 jurisdictions. Having them manage the sales tax for me takes huge headache out of my sales tax returns.

Ebay now collects and remits VAT (Value Added Tax) on sellers' behalf as well when shipping to the UK, regardless of the item's value or point of origin, only it doesn't appear on the seller's invoice like sales tax does. You have to look for it in the downloaded sales reports. Whooee, and I thought Tennessee sales tax was high!

Anyone had to deal with VAT for non-eBay shipments to the UK yet? Not sure it would be worth it for me to register for a VAT number and file quarterly reports (whether I actually have UK sales that quarter or not), so as Adam said for sales tax, I'm happy to let Ebay handle that.