This policy explains seller fees and taxes and how to pay them. It also explains how MARTA collects debts for sellers. By registering as a seller, you agree to this policy as part of our Terms of Service.

When you make a sale through marta.market, you will be charged a fee of 15% of the listing price and shipping you charge.

Any action by a seller to avoid paying a fee is considered fee avoidance and strictly prohibited by MARTA. Fee avoidance includes, for example, encouraging buyers to purchase an item in your MARTA shop through another venue. Sellers and buyers may not complete an initiated transaction outside of MARTA. The price stated in each listing description must accurately represent the sale. Sellers may not alter the item's price after a sale to avoid MARTA transaction fees, misrepresenting the item's location, or using another user's account without permission.

Depending on your country, your sales on MARTA might be subject to VAT*. If your sales on MARTA are subject to taxes, you are responsible for including them in your listing prices and paying the taxes to the authorities.

Many sellers on MARTA sell only a few secondhand items annually and are often not obliged to collect and remit taxes for their sales in their country. Some countries have a threshold for tax-free sales per year. As you are responsible for following tax laws, please check them and stay up to date on your requirements, as they can change regularly.

Where MARTA is required to collect sales tax/VAT on your behalf, MARTA will use the category you assigned to each listing to calculate, collect, and remit the applicable taxes. You are solely responsible for making sure that all of your listings are correctly categorized, and you agree to indemnify MARTA for any losses it incurs in connection with any miscategorization of your listings by you.

In certain jurisdictions, where required to comply with applicable laws, MARTA may withhold taxes from payments made to you or on your sales made through marta.market.

Please remember that MARTA fees do not include any withholding taxes that might apply to your home country. You must pay MARTA the total amount of our fees and may not deduct any applicable withholding taxes from that amount.

Marketplace reporting of tax-related seller information

Where legally required, MARTA will report your personal details and details of your transactions to relevant governmental authorities. MARTA will not disclose any personal information to any third parties unless legally required.

*For purposes of these Terms, please note that while some countries may refer to VAT using other terms, e.g., Mehrwertsteuer (MWST) Goods and Services Tax ("GST") or Harmonized Sales Tax ("HST"), we'll just refer to VAT, GST, HST and any local sales taxes collectively as "VAT" unless the context requires otherwise.

Upon conclusion of a purchase contract between a buyer and seller, the seller instructs MARTA to collect the purchase price claim arising from the respective purchase contract. MARTA accepts this debt collection order and carries out the debt collection.

The claim to be collected always comprises the entire invoice amount from the respective purchase contract (including all taxes [in particular any VAT], fees, charges, packaging costs, shipping and delivery costs, etc.; from now on, "invoice amount") and all associated rights (in particular interest claims).

MARTA has the right to offset its claim to payment of the agency commission against the seller's claim to payment of the collected invoice amount. This means that MARTA can deduct its commission from the amount collected before remitting the remaining balance to the seller.

MARTA prepares a statement for the seller for each order, which includes each item sold.

The seller must raise objections to this invoice within seven (7) working days of receipt. After the expiry of this period, the invoice shall be deemed to have been approved without reservation.