Online sellers and vat

[Wexford70]

Hi folks,

Was looking at websites today. Is it not usual to display prices including VAT?

Items were displayed with a price but the tax was only added when I went to pay.

[WRENNEIRE]

Irish or UK site?
Could it be customs charge rather than VAT?
For most sales to the public VAT is included in the sales price, usually separate for VAT registered businesses

[irishmail]

Was looking at this, prices are show without VAT then added when you go to check out. Very misleading, as most sites I look at show prices including VAT, the only additional cost is if additional shipping/postage to be added on. 

[BosKonay]

The site should show prices in Euro with ‘inc. vat’ appended. Where are you browsing from ? If the site can’t tell if you’re in the EU it will just show ex Vat and then add it on when you confirm your location. 

[GSR 800]

 

30 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

The site should show prices in Euro with ‘inc. vat’ appended. Where are you browsing from ? If the site can’t tell if you’re in the EU it will just show ex Vat and then add it on when you confirm your location. 

Usually I see it like this, initially the price minus vat shows up then after a few seconds refreshes to full price 

[irishmail]

1 hour ago, BosKonay said:

The site should show prices in Euro with ‘inc. vat’ appended. Where are you browsing from ? If the site can’t tell if you’re in the EU it will just show ex Vat and then add it on when you confirm your location. 

Using  google chrome in Ireland (mayo).

[BosKonay]

14 hours ago, irishmail said:

Using  google chrome in Ireland (mayo).

Thanks will do some checking. Does it make a difference if you are logged in first?

[BosKonay]

Thanks for the heads-up on that guys, the system should now correctly show Euro Vat inc Prices, and append a little 'inc. Irish VAT' specifically for Irish customers so you can be sure. 

Example link https://www.accurascale.com/en-ie/products/br-class-50-br-blue-d423-dcc-sound-fitted

[popeye]

I find the site is confusing with pricing, it sometime shows price with VAT and then no VAT.

I just ordered some H vans and had to pre order but it then gives the option to pay but won't take the payment.

So I don't know if I have ordered them or not.

It should say that payment will be taken at a later date. And it is not in my orders either.

[BosKonay]

As my last post it hadn’t been showing VAT dynamically but is fixed now. 

Unless it’s on your order list the order didn’t go through. 

If it’s a preorder the system will just take card details to hold / secure the order (like booking a hotel) then you can pay on arrival as you prefer.