I’m not quite sure, but I know that in the US many companies "forget" about sales tax if they’re located in a state without, without much trouble. In the EU, V

I’m not quite sure, but I know that in the US many companies "forget" about sales tax if they’re located in a state without, without much trouble. In the EU, VAT compliance can definitely become an issue, especially with small projects. Not so much an issue for VC startups, but definitely one for bootstrapped ones. The only way to get a large enough market to survive is to sell to the entire EU, but that means much more work with VAT compliance, and translations.