> In theory, the EU requires you to collect VAT from EU citizens regardless of where you yourself are based. Well I'm certainly interested in how they see them

> In theory, the EU requires you to collect VAT from EU citizens regardless of where you yourself are based. Well I'm certainly interested in how they see themselves exercising their power extra-territorially. I'm inclined towards letting them swivel on my middle finger. HMRC themselves say that VAT isn't chargeable on sales outside of the EU, so doesn't that run contrary to what you're saying about the EU requirement for global VAT collection?