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I have the sentence:

if there is no fixed carriage charge shown at checkout, or if you wish us to supply ex-VAT, please don't use [well known payment system] for payment.

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I think this is off-topic, but the answer is that in some circumstances a supplier can sell things without including VAT in the price (primarily to overseas customers). Normal customers can't buy things "ex-VAT". Even if you're a VAT-registered business, you still have to pay VAT on your supplier's prices - you just get to reclaim it on your own VAT return later. But in that case you must charge VAT to your customers, and give the taxman all the VAT you charged (minus all the VAT you paid). – FumbleFingers May 14 '12 at 22:05
@FumbleFingers thank you – igor May 14 '12 at 22:27

closed as general reference by FumbleFingers, RegDwighт♦ May 14 '12 at 21:59

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