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Originally posted by tazdevil View Post
Yes but they are charging UK VAT using the MOSS and as such treating me as a none business. If they're charging you German VAT then that's simply wrong. However I do get the point that one can see whatever VAT is charged is simply part of the price but I don't see why HMRC should get 20% of my companies purchasemerely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View Post
The VAT number Hetzner are using is actually a GB one GB372091505 - so by the looks of it I've screwed up and should just be treating it as a UK purchase with VAT and deducting it from VAT payment.
Is that the number they put on their invoices? I'll ask them in the current support thread I've open with them.
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Originally posted by tazdevil View Post
That's interesting so I should have no issue as I can claim the GB VAT back using that number
Is that the number they put on their invoices? I'll ask them in the current support thread I've open with them.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View Post
Not post January 1st
https://europa.eu/youreurope/busines...s/index_en.htm
The place of supply rules for services have not changed either. A supply of services from an EU business to a business outside the EU is - under the general rule - supplied where the customer belongs and is therefore outside the scope of EU VAT. Special place of supply rules may change that treatment depending on the service however and that may well be the case here, but its got nothing to do with Brexit.Last edited by TheCyclingProgrammer; 5 August 2021, 12:54.Comment
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Originally posted by tazdevil View Post
That's interesting so I should have no issue as I can claim the GB VAT back using that number
Is that the number they put on their invoices? I'll ask them in the current support thread I've open with them.
I had a similar situation with Apple a few years ago, just after the MOSS rules on e-services was brought in. Prior to this, Apple would treat the sale of the Apple Developer Membership as a B2C purchase and charged Irish VAT on the sale (as the store operates out of Ireland). You had to go through a lot of hassle emailing Apple with your business and VAT details for them to treat it as a B2B supply and re-invoice without VAT (as it should have been accounted for under the reverse charge).
Then after the VAT on digital service rules was introduced they continued to treat it as B2C but now started charging UK VAT with a UK VAT number. This was still technically incorrect, it should still have been a reverse charged supply, but after speaking to my accountant he confirmed that as it was a UK VAT number and UK VAT it was fine to reclaim it so I just did that.Last edited by TheCyclingProgrammer; 5 August 2021, 12:58.Comment
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There's a lot of dodgy VAT management going on and some of the big companies, especially telecoms and Chinese based companies, are the worst culprits. The rules are straightforward so should be applied at all times properly with a valid VAT receipt being provided in all circumstances. HMRC should come down heavily on all companies flouting the rules especially the bigger ones Although I have noticed that the situation is improving with more companies doing things properly.
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