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Buying goods from the US in a business based in France: the business refuses to remove the VAT. Can I get the VAT reimbursed?

I live in California, USA. I plan to purchase ~500 EUR worth of goods by phone from a French business that will send me the goods by mail. I am aware that the business may choose not to charge me VAT,...
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Are moving services from the EU to outside the EU subject to VAT?

I'm moving my household from Austria to Canada and have sourced several quotes from international moving companies based in Austria. The quotes are very different as to how they treat VAT: Some of ...
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Reclaiming VAT on temporary scientific import from CAN to UK

I've arranged for the airfreight import via fedex of a used tablet computer to the UK from Canada. It's required to run a scientific instrument for ~2.5 months on a field campaign in Antarctica. I am ...
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Do I pay vat on digital goods from EU in the UK?

As a B2C purchase I am wondering if I should be charged for VAT. The company is from Spain I am from the UK I have found it hard to pinpoint an answer for this online.
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Do I pay VAT in my country on used machines bought between 2 EU countries

I am purchasing an used book binding machine from Poland to Slovakia. I am not registered for VAT as I didn't exceed the legal limit obliging me to do so, however I do have VAT ID number for receiving ...
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As a UK LTD Company should my allowable expense claims be inclusive of VAT

I'm starting a LTD company in the UK and have a question surrounding the way that allowable expenses are claimed. I understand that this question has probably been asked numerous times but no matter ...
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What happens when I make purchases on Amazon as a company but I don't register the VAT invoice?

I have a company in Europe. If I use my Amazon business account to buy work related stuff, I don't pay the VAT. What would happen if I used my personal credit card rather than the company card to ...
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Is it acceptable to always have the same end price regardless of applicable VAT?

I want to offer a VAT-applicable item in a German e-shop and I want its end price for customers to always be the same, regardless of applicable VAT. So if I'm e.g. selling from Germany and shipping ...
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Where is VAT collected if a private Non-EU person sends an invoice to a EU company?

my online research did not yield any meaningful results for my situation, so i hope to find someone who has expert knowledge or had a similar situation: I live in Taiwan now using a so called 'Gold ...
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Do I apply VAT charges on my invoice?

I am a consultant and did some work for a company in Norway. Until now I have worked with companies that are registered on VAT (in other European countries) and I am informed by my accountant to add 0%...
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Filing a VAT report on exports from EU to UK

I'm exporting services (no goods) from the Czech Republic to the UK. Until now, based on the Czech and EU regulations, I put no VAT charges on the invoices; however, I still had to report the amount ...
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How to handle/calculate/store prices with or without VAT in software

My company handles prices and payments through our software where we typically store price without VAT in whole unit with 2 decimal places and VAT with 1 decimal place. Generally speaking my question ...
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Accounting for VAT on App Store sales as a UK VAT-registered company

UK VAT-registered company considering selling apps/games online (things like Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Microsoft Windows Store, Steam) and also earning via affiliate programs like Amazon ...
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Tax/VAT when buying from USA in Argentina?

I am going to Argentina for a month, and are therefore wondering if I can buy things (wooden puzzles) from the US and receive them in Argentina without having to pay tax/VAT? Or is there perhaps a ...
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VAT on Services Supplied Pre-Registration

A (natural) person supplies a service in the first three months of a year. He issues three invoices dated 3 February, 3 March and 3 April and receives payment on 10 February, 10 March and 10 April ...
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Import/VAT implications of using Google Cloud services in EU

I am considering using Google Cloud services as a competitor in a Kaggle competition. To encourage new use - and likely due to recent acquisition of Kaggle by Google - the cloud service is offering an ...
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Can I reclaim VAT on U.S services such as Domain hosting?

I have a bunch of regular payments paying for hosting and other digital services coming from the U.S. There is no TAX stated on the invoices I receive and I'd assumed unless stated, then I cannot ...
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Outside EU provision of consultancy to EU country, is EU VAT due?

I'm self employed in the UK. I work as a sole trader and am not VAT registered. I have a client in the EU (Belgium) who I'll be doing some consultancy and technical services (e.g. requirements ...
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How to calculate Municipality fee, Service charge, and VAT for restaurants in Dubai

Restaurants in Dubai charge Municipality fee, Service charge, and VAT. Let's say all Prices are inclusive/exclusive of 10% service charge, 7% Municipality fee and 5% VAT. How can I calculate this? ...
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Does a USA company that does business with a European Union country like the Czech Republic pay Vat on services rendered

Should an EU based country like the Chzech Republic charge VAT to services rendered to a USA based company? These would be IT related services. An example would be DBA work, let's say charged at $20 ...
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settling VAT in gnucash

I don't think I completely get how gnucash handles VAT. I'd like to settle the VAT account in gnucash. Each quarter the governments sends a bill of the total VAT owed (VAT on sales - VAT on purchases) ...
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