Re: FN-FORUM: VAT on EU electronic services (WAS: 123-Reg Domain Names)

date posted 21st November 2007 14:04

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 11:05:05 Richard Harrison wrote:

> It is the case, and the rules are quite clear, the supplier does not
> charge VAT where the purchaser provides a valid EU VAT number and is
> located in an EU counry outside of the supply country. I know because I
> had to code this into a system that I developed, and the EU VAT number
> should be checked (online)

When did you do this? They changed the API some time in the last couple of
years, so you may want to check you're still doing it right.

> and the location of the purchaser should be
> verirified (geoIP is ok).

Hmmm. I also used GeoIP and the customer just accepted that if the
customer wasn't where he or she appeared to be, they would have to make
an order by phone. But in the general case, if the billing address checks out
it should be fine. After all, people do travel around.