@BadTimesDesigns
This is etsy's information on Germany
https://www.etsy.com/seller-handbook/article/501392119812
all EU countries have something similar
some have higher thresholds, but quite a few the threshold is zero
and from next year, you will need a local representative too, who will probably also charge
offering to sell to countries where you need a packaging licence comes with a max 200,000 euro fine if you don't register - and I don't have the comma in the wrong place, it's two hundred thousand euros.
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Australia, New Zealand and Canada no registration is required
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for import VAT
For the EU, etsy collects VAT on orders up to 135 euros,
you have to make sure you have etsy's IOSS number entered electronically on the label - so buy postage from etsy, or royal mail click and drop, where you can enter the IOSS number
you need an invoice in a see through document wallet on the outside, in euros (or their currency) the info in local currency can be taken from the packing slip.
Norway is different, they are in the EEA not the EU, you still need the invoice on the outside, but you have to write the etsy VAT number number on the package, and vat paid (in NOK)
New Zealand and Australia are similar to Norway, you have to have the invoice, and have to write etsy's GST number for their countries on the outside, with amount of GST paid
Canada you need the invoice, but etsy doesn't collect any GST/HST for them, they pay on import for orders over about $20
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You have to have a GEOGRAPHICAL address, the actual building you will be located in, if anyone comes to serve papers on you,
If you physically work at your business address, and you are there a large part of the week, you can use that
It cannot be a virtual office or a PO box, or mail forwarding service.
