VAT Collected Gray Oval Under Ship to Address on Completed US Orders

[vintage4creations]

In checking the tracking on a few of my completed orders that are still in transit, I noticed "VAT Collected" in a gray oval under the ship to address on the delivery info tab.  As far as I know, we don't have VAT in the US, unless I missed that announcement somewhere along the line.  ha ha ha.  Thankfully, nothing in my payment account shows VAT actually being collected.  

[ZehOriginalArt]

Oh dear. I assume that those orders are shipping to the US and not internationally? I do not see this on my US orders, thankfully.

[SmudgePlant]

I read a post a couple of weeks ago and just found it :

https://community.etsy.com/t5/All-About-Shipping/Anybody-else-seeing-this/m-p/147916802

I think it was determined that if it's grayed out then there was no need to collect VAT. I think this may be an Etsy "improvement. "

[vintage4creations]

Thank you @SmudgePlant.  I didn't see that post from a couple weeks ago.  Gotta love all the "improvements".  

[botanicallampshades]

I have had quite a few orders with this VAT notice and didn't understand this either as I only sell in the US.