B2C sales to EU

Question asked by Jonathan Danan ACA 7 years ago

If I am understanding the Reverse Charge and place of supply rules correctly, if we have a client who is not a business (B2C supply) and is located in Europe, we should be charging UK VAT at 20%. I don't see this option in the drop down. As soon as I select "Services to EU Customer" the invoice displays a note saying "This supply is subject to the reverse charge" which is not true. I suspect this might be one for Simon

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Hi Jonathan - as you say, BTC sales to the EU are fully VATable, as the place of supply is the UK, in other words, it's a UK supply not an EU supply, so use the supply to UK treatment.

"Services to EU customer" is for B2B sales of services.

Right Paul, as I thought. So the correct selection is "Goods or Services to UK Customers", that label defining the treatment, not the customer location. Slightly confusing for the non-accountants I'd say. Lucky I've delved into this many times before for more than one client. Thanks Paul (btw, I meant "probably one for Paul" not "Simon" as I knew it would be you answering this one)

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