Originally Posted by
Raffe
That's nonsense, a commission is still a commission even if it isn't expressed in percentage points. It is about whether they buy the watch and it becomes part of their inventory or whether they sell on behalf of a client. And if you had read the thread before you stated that nonsense, you would have known that they clearly communicated about a commission sale.
And even if they faked a commission sale, effectively buying the watch from the OP when it sold during January, then that still triggered VAT.
So however way round you look at it, there is no way this sale wasn't subject to VAT.