Shopify to Ebay (VAT Added)

Accounting & Taxes
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Topic summary

A business is experiencing an issue with their Shopify-to-eBay integration for dropshipping.

The Problem:

  • eBay is automatically adding 20% VAT to prices imported from Shopify
  • The seller has attempted to adjust settings but cannot identify the cause

Desired Outcome:

  • They want to handle VAT at the source (likely include it in the base price) rather than having it added separately at checkout
  • Goal is to prevent customers from seeing an additional tax charge during purchase

Current Status:

  • The issue remains unresolved
  • No solutions or responses have been provided yet
Summarized with AI on November 1. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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HI

We are moving into drop shipping

We have a connection from Shopify to Ebay and products are adding fine

But Ebay is adding 20% tax on the price we sell in Shopify?

Gone thru settings to remove - but cannot fathom why it is doing it?

Would rather pay VAT at the source so the customer does not get a tax when buying