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May 1, 2025
VAT in Northern Ireland Post-Brexit
When January 1st, 2021, arrived, the United Kingdom (UK) had finally left the European Union (EU). As a result, the way we account for VAT between the UK and the EU has changed. The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is the UK’s only land border with the EU. As part of […]


April 16, 2025
GPSR: What It Is and What You Need to Do
 The General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) is a set of EU rules designed to make sure that consumer products being sold in the EU are safe. It covers nearly all products that aren’t food, regardless of the sales channel. By replacing the General Product Safety Directive and the Food Imitating Product Directive, the EU hopes […]


February 21, 2025
Chain Transactions, Triangulation and EU VAT
Chain transactions are complicated. Every aspect of them can change how they’re treated for VAT purposes.  It’s always worth talking to an expert about your VAT obligations, but when it comes to chain transactions, it’s pretty much a requirement.   In this article, I’m going to explain the basics. I’ll give you common examples and tell […]


September 12, 2024
EU Payment Preferences: What You Need to Know to Increase Conversions
Are you offering your EU customers their preferred payment options? Increasing conversion rates is all about reducing the barriers between a user and the action you want them to take. In the case of ecommerce, that action is making a purchase, and one of the final hurdles is payment.   It takes a lot of […]


July 11, 2024
Amazon’s Call-off Stock Program is Ending
Call-off stock is a common tax arrangement for business-to-business transactions in the EU. Amazon has been using it as a ‘quick fix’ for sellers’ VAT registrations. Amazon’s Call-off stock program enabled sellers to store their goods closer to their EU customers while reducing the number of VAT registrations needed to make that happen.  Amazon is […]


July 4, 2023
2023 EU Customs Reform VAT Implications
The European Commission published in May 2023 a package of proposals to transform and modernise the EU Customs Union.   The reform aims to significantly simplify current customs procedures with measures such as replacing traditional customs declarations and giving customs operators digital tools able to cope with the recent boom in parcels entering the EU, notably […]


May 10, 2023
Switzerland to introduce platform taxation from 2025
Switzerland to introduce platform taxation from 2025 The Swiss Federal Department of Finance is planning to introduce further tax obligations on online marketplaces from 2025. Under this platform taxation project, all marketplace operators will account and remit the VAT on all supplies of imported goods that they facilitate. The changes to the Swiss VAT Act […]


October 6, 2022
4 Ways to Make High Converting Listings for Amazon Germany
If you're thinking of expanding your business and selling on Amazon Germany, you're on the right track. Amazon Germany is the second-largest platform in Europe, next to Amazon UK. In fact, almost half of German nationals shop on Amazon, and that's a huge pool of potential buyers. Thus, as difficult as it sounds, the potential rewards of catering […]
EU VAT Changes 2021: Frequently Asked Questions
EU VAT Changes 2021: Frequently Asked Questions  As the EU VAT reforms approach, we’ve been running our webinar Unpacking the EU VAT Changes to explain how international ecommerce businesses can prepare to comply from July. Having opened the floor for attendees to ask the questions they needed answered, we received lots of great queries that we’re sure would be useful for many businesses.   Here […]


March 5, 2021
Where to tax your EU distance sales from July 2021?
The rules for ecommerce taxation in the EU are drastically changing from 01 July 2021. As always when it comes to taxation, planning and understanding your obligations is key. Forget what you have learned so far regarding EU distance sales and VAT rules for e-commerce as everything is about to be rebooted.   As an online business, where will you need to tax your supplies when […]
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