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Originally Posted by faxxaff
Yeah, I understand your kind effort .... but I am not convinced that a US internet service provider with US billing and hosting is conducting business in the EU. He is not sending anything to the EU, but the customer from the EU is virtually going to the US to look at his stuff ... just my logic.
I know a few foreign companies who ship hard goods to the Eu. They have VAT registered because it is in their benefit as they can claim back VAT, but I have not heard of any US internet company charging VAT for European customers. I am pretty sure that large US hosts like The Planet make more than 10k Euro a month from EU customers, but they never ask for VAT info and they never charge VAT for EU customers.
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The problem is that the hosting company theplanet.com is delivering the service in USA, that is where the server is placed.
If you sell a membership it is an electronic service, with electronic services the place of delivery is where the customer receive the product / service, that is on the computer the place your customer is based.
I'm not an expert in the subject though, so you may be right, I know only what I have been reading and the advises I have received when I had tax audits in Denmark for the accounting years 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006 and I expect to be called in for 2007 as well even though I am no longer a resident in denmark
Either way, if you are right you should hit up playboy as they are an american company that seems to charge VAT, taken from their join page "If applicable, VAT will be added for customers from some European countries."