Value Added Talk

What does it take to set up – or continue running – an online business while keeping pace with all tax requirements? How do you navigate import tax, sales thresholds, VAT and GST registration and selling to jurisdictions where you must collect the sales taxes? How do your obligations change if you sell goods on a digital marketplace like Amazon or eBay? In this episode of the Value Added Talk podcast, Jacek goes into the fidget spinner business to illustrate the main tax hurdles for online sellers, and how to deal with them. Have a question for the show? Get in touch: Podcast@tmf-group.com Short on time? Skip ahead: 00:01 Intro 03:45 Who is an ‘online seller’ ? 07:39 Why is e-commerce such a big deal? 08:42 Role play: Jacek opens a fidget spinner web store 15:33 Sales thresholds in the EU 16:54 Online sales to Australia or New Zealand 18:22 Selling to the USA and this thing called Nexus 22:00 How to keep track of all your tax obligations 23:34 Selling over digital marketplaces 28:36 How to manage your tax obl