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Needing an EU VAT number for customers in other EU countries made me find a customer outside the EU. That is in spite of me not qualifying for VAT (self-employe
by danuker 3y ago
Needing an EU VAT number for customers in other EU countries made me find a customer outside the EU. That is in spite of me not qualifying for VAT (self-employed with income below the threshold).
I think this bureaucracy discourages a lot of people from even starting a business.
- pluijzer 3y agoI don't know where you are from and if the process is very different there but from the places I have experience with I would describe the process as, trivial.
- hnbad 3y agoRomania apparently. My country (Germany) isn't known for its easy to navigate bureaucracy but even here getting an EU VAT ID was trivial. Certainly easier than most of the other parts involved in starting a (legal) business. I think it was literally one of the documents they gave me to sign when I registered my company. EDIT: I looked it up. It's literally just something you get to check off on the tax registration form for the company. Alternatively there's an online form (imagine that!) for existing companies. Impressively, there's no fax machine involved at any point.
- fuzztester 3y ago>Impressively, there's no fax machine involved at any point. Well, now that's a fa(u)x pas(s).