on behalf of the British government when selling to UK customers
The point at which VAT is collected has moved from the point of importation to the point of sale and online retailers are therefore being asked to register for UK VAT and account for VAT to HMRC. Dutch Bike Bits said that for this service the UK government intends to charge a fee
The EU will introduce similar rules in July – albeit these will of course cover 27 countries and not just one.
Dutch bike part dealer shipping to every country in the world except UK because of Brexit VAT change | road.cc
https://road.cc/content/news/dutch-bike-part-dealer-shipping-every-country-except-uk-279779
Hoo boy!