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There is VAT to pay and these companies are required to register for VAT and charge it I believe. Eg see http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/2011020214432
by justincormack 12y ago
There is VAT to pay and these companies are required to register for VAT and charge it I believe. Eg see http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110202144320/http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageLibrary_PublicNoticesAndInfoSheets&propertyType=document&columns=1&id=HMCE_CL_000922 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110202144320/htt...
- corford 12y agoThat doc is dated 2003 so I guess the regs have changed (and there have been some pretty major changes recently like CA2006 and FA2011). I certainly don't get VAT invoices from the US suppliers I use (linode and digital ocean for example). Edit: The 4th paragraph here seems to settle it: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/vatpossmanual/vatposs14300.htm http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/vatpossmanual/vatposs14300.ht... The reverse charge mechanism places the burden for accounting for VAT on the recipient if the supplier is outside the UK.
- artumi-richard 12y agoI have a more up-to date reference http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/start/register/when-to-register.htm#3 http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/start/register/when-to-register.h... I do get them from pingdom, and AWS. I do not get them from Mailchimp or hostgator.
- corford 12y agoCould be because Pingdom is a Swedish company and AWS is Amazon, which has a presence in Europe?
- justincormack 12y agoIt may also matter that the service being provided by Digital Ocean is in the UK as well, although I haven't had a chance to read all this yet.