Vintro Pro
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Vintro Pro
NL · FR · EN
No for the precious metal and the stone themselves — and each country decides separately what falls under that.
Precious metals and precious stones fall outside the definition of second-hand goods: separate rules apply to them. The directive excludes them but leaves it to each member state to define exactly what counts. A gold ring is therefore not the same question in every country.
That is why there is no general answer here that survives a border. If you sell jewellery, check the treatment for the country where you sell — not for the country where you live.
For the rest of your stock nothing changes: a silver teapot with a wooden handle, a watch, a coin collection — each follows its own category, and the question stays the same: what does the law of the country of sale say.
Anchors, each checked on 30 August 2026: directive 2006/112/EC art. 311 (EU), article 58 §4 of the Belgian VAT Code, Wet OB 1968 art. 28b ff. (Netherlands), CGI art. 297 A (France) and gov.uk, VAT margin schemes (UK).
This is an explanation, not tax or legal advice. Put your own situation to your accountant.
Yes. Works of art, collectors' items and antiques form their own categories within the margin scheme, alongside ordinary second-hand goods. Since 1 January 2026 a stricter rule applies to those three: if you bought or imported the piece at a reduced rate, it may no longer be resold under the margin scheme.
No. A good is only a margin good if you bought it from someone who could not charge VAT on it: a private individual, a non-taxable person, or a dealer who sold under the margin scheme himself. Bought on an invoice showing deductible VAT, the piece is second-hand but not a margin good.
Vintro Pro keeps, per piece, what you paid, when, and where it came from. Your stock list and your margin VAT build themselves while you work.
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