We are a group of volunteers working on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of micro businesses and sole traders, across the EU, who will be hit hard by the new EU VAT rules on January 1st 2015.

We are not affiliated to any company or body and are passionate about giving you a voice – and helping you to take inspired, informed action.

If you need to contact us, please use the contact form, below, in the first instance. For press enquiries, please mark your message ‘PRESS’ at the beginning of the first line of your message and we will prioritise responding to you. We are available for interviews, but many of the questions you have may well already be answered in our Media section, our FAQs section and in our Resources.

Thank you so much for caring. You can find out more about the individual members of the EU VAT Action team by clicking on the author profile below each article.

Media & Politician Enquiries only : (UK +44) 1342 477057

Email: euvat @ clarejosa.com

 

I’m new to EU VAT: what are the key facts?

• What are the new EU VAT regulations/VAT MOSS?
• Which services/products does this apply to?
• Why is this being introduced?
• The services/products I supply don’t appear to be covered – can I breathe a sigh of relief?
• I sell through a third-party platform, so I don’t need to worry about this right?
• I’m outside the EU, so I don’t need to worry about this right?
• I think this applies to me – what do I do now?
• What’s the problem?

I’m digging deeper: Frequently Asked Questions

• I make things for individual customers, which they download. Does this apply to me?
• Are licences for digital products included?
• What if I send files by email?
• What if I have a Facebook group / webinar / etc?
• Can I block EU sales to avoid all this?
• Do I have to prove customers are non-EU?
• Will my government protect me if I follow their guidelines?

The rules apply to me: what now?

• I don’t have to comply for 6 months, right?
• What data do I need to prove where my customer is located?
• What does “where they’re located” mean?
• How do I get that data?
• If the plug-in gets it wrong, who’s liable?
• How do I store the customer’s data?
• Doesn’t MOSS just sort out all the VAT for me?
• Is there a single, reliable, official source of EU VAT rates?
• Must EU prices be shown VAT-inclusive?
• Can I reclaim VAT on just EU purchases or on purchases in my own country too?