Hi,

im a bit confused about Vat.. and the fees charged by Google (and
paypal for that matter)

say i sell an Item for 251.87 net on my website here in th uk to a uk
customer I am obliged to collect 17.5% VAT on behalf of her majesties
government, £44.08 in my example giving a total of £295.95 to collect.

Now google will charge me fees of 1.5%  £0.15 on the gross value
(£4.59). To my mind this doesn't seem correct as they are charging
their fees on top of the tax I am collecting on behalf of the
government.

surely the Google fees should be based on the net value??

Any thoughts anyone... / can someone put me straight on this.

thanks
BizziM

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:27:33 -0700 (PDT) Bizzi wrote :
> Now google will charge me fees of 1.5% + £0.15 on the gross value
> (£4.59). To my mind this doesn't seem correct as they are charging
> their fees on top of the tax I am collecting on behalf of the
> government.
> 
> surely the Google fees should be based on the net value??

The same thing applies if you have a credit card merchant account - 
the card acquirer percentage is applied to the gross amount.

-- 
Tony Bryer  SDA UK  'Software to build on'  http://www.sda.co.uk

On 5 Aug, 00:23, Tony Bryer  wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:27:33 -0700 (PDT) Bizzi wrote :
>
> > Now google will charge me fees of 1.5%  £0.15 on the gross value
> > (£4.59). To my mind this doesn't seem correct as they are charging
> > their fees on top of the tax I am collecting on behalf of the
> > government.
>
> > surely the Google fees should be based on the net value??
>
> The same thing applies if you have a credit card merchant account -
> the card acquirer percentage is applied to the gross amount.
>
> --
> Tony Bryer  SDA UK  'Software to build on'  http://www.sda.co.uk

hi Tony,

thanks for your comment, i guess its fine just doesn't feel right i
suppose

>> Bizzi wrote :
>> > Now google will charge me fees of 1.5% + £0.15
>> > on the gross value (£4.59). To my mind this doesn't
>> > seem correct as they are charging their fees on top of
>> > the tax I am collecting on behalf of the government.
>> >
>> > surely the Google fees should be based on the net value??
>>
>  Tony Bryer wrote:
>> The same thing applies if you have a credit card merchant account -
>> the card acquirer percentage is applied to the gross amount.
>
"bizzi" wrote
> thanks for your comment, i guess its
> fine just doesn't feel right i suppose

Why - do you just want Google to process the
'net' part of the payment, and not the VAT part?

On 4 Aug, 20:27, bizzi  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> im a bit confused about Vat.. and the fees charged by Google (and
> paypal for that matter)
>
> say i sell an Item for 251.87 net on my website here in th uk to a uk
> customer I am obliged to collect 17.5% VAT on behalf of her majesties
> government, £44.08 in my example giving a total of £295.95 to collect> Now google will charge me fees of 1.5%  £0.15 on the gross value
> (£4.59). To my mind this doesn't seem correct as they are charging
> their fees on top of the tax I am collecting on behalf of the
> government.
>
> surely the Google fees should be based on the net value??
>
> Any thoughts anyone... / can someone put me straight on this.
>
> thanks
> BizziM

What are Google charging you for?