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September 23, 2025

Shopify VAT: A Guide to Compliantly Selling Cross-Border [2026]

This guide explains: Shopify today is one of the most popular ecommerce platforms. Inspired by poor experiences shopping for snowboarding gear online, three Canadians created Shopify in 2004. The platform has gone from strength to strength, doubling its number of online merchants each year. Shopify in 2025 has over 5 million active stores currently operating. […]

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September 19, 2025

Nine VAT Compliance Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Expanding your ecommerce business internationally opens exciting growth opportunities, but it also introduces complex tax obligations. One of the most critical areas to get right is VAT compliance. Unfortunately, many businesses unknowingly make costly mistakes that can lead to penalties, audits, and reputational damage. This article explores the most common VAT pitfalls ecommerce sellers face and […]

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August 20, 2025

What is a Fiscal Representative?

A fiscal representative is a locally appointed business or individual that is typically jointly liable for any Value Added Tax (VAT) owed by a non-EU taxpayer. Some European countries require foreign businesses to appoint a fiscal representative before they can register for VAT. Generally, it’s a requirement of EU (European Union) Member States, but in […]

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July 25, 2025

What is the Reverse Charge Mechanism?

The reverse charge mechanism is an EU VAT rule that makes reporting VAT on some transactions a little simpler. It was originally introduced to help prevent VAT fraud. You’re most likely to encounter the reverse charge mechanism if your business is B2B. The most common transactions that the reverse charge mechanism applies to are: You might […]

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April 25, 2025

Duty Deferment and Postponed VAT Accounting

Duty Deferment is the practice of delaying payment for some kinds of duties and taxes on goods imported into the UK. If you regularly import goods into the UK, you might find it a useful tool for managing your cash flow and simplifying your importing process. What is a Duty Deferment Account? If you regularly […]

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April 1, 2025

How to Switch VAT Service Provider

Is your VAT service provider failing you? Maybe they’re missing deadlines, ignoring your messages or worse, on the brink of bankruptcy. Late VAT returns and poor communication aren’t just frustrating. They have the potential to snowball into penalties, audits and even a two-year ban from business-critical schemes like Import One Stop Shop. Any disruption in […]

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March 19, 2025

Influencer Tax: Do Online Creators Pay VAT?

In the last decade, social media influencers have blazed a trail for a new kind of entrepreneur, constructing a lucrative industry from a downtime hobby. Under this 'influencer' umbrella, a wide range of disciplines are included. From recipe bloggers to family vloggers, fitness gurus and everything in between. Platforms such as Instagram and TikTok have […]

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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 […]

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January 29, 2025

New EU Rules for VAT on Virtual Events

Are you planning events or online coaching targeting EU audiences? The rules for VAT on virtual events and classes changed on January 1st, 2025. You need to charge your EU clients their local VAT rate, then report and remit that VAT to the tax authorities. These changes give you two major additional admin tasks to […]

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June 28, 2023

Jersey: B2C Sales of Imported Goods Subject to GST

Starting July 1st 2023, new GST obligations will apply for overseas retailers supplying goods to Jersey-based consumers. The new regulations were originally due to be introduced on January 1st 2023, but were postponed by the local government to give traders more time to prepare for the new rules. To create a level playing field between […]

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