EU VAT: a New Tax Headache for E-Commerce - GoFuckYourself.com

Neff · 04-22-2003, 04:46 AM

And for Adult as well

"For example, if a U.S. based supplier sells digitized products over the Internet (i.e. digital downloads) to a consumer based say, in Germany, the U.S. company will be required to charge/account for German VAT at 16 percent on the sale price," Fay told internetnews.com. "If the U.S. company also sells to an Irish consumer, 21 percent VAT will have to be charged, a UK consumer 17= percent, etc."

And that includes companies that offer things like Web-hosting, ASP services, sales of downloadable software and upgrades, the sale of electronic books, streaming music, digital movies, computer games and even distance-learning services.

http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/2194111

Keev · 04-22-2003, 05:17 AM

Good luck enforcing that ... EU IRS

Naughty · 04-22-2003, 05:19 AM

They hate us entrepreneurs

Gunni · 04-22-2003, 05:26 AM

That is just daft!
How can they expect this to be enforced? It´s like saying that if you go to the U.S. on holidays from Europe, you have to pay VAT for everything you bought while you were there! A customer that buys him self a membership to an adult site that is hosted in America, is technically going all that way to watch it. Or that is the way I see it. I mean how can a government tax a company that has nothing to do with that country? If the company is not based in that country, nor is it targeting the people of that country, how can it be held responsable for people buying theyr products?

SothArtist · 04-22-2003, 05:31 AM

I dont know how they will enforce that or if its true.

I know in Aus we charge an extra 10% for GST now when we sell to an Aus biz or consumer. But we don't charge GST for overseas clients. I really don't see how they can do it.

genomega · 04-22-2003, 05:36 AM

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How can they expect this to be enforced?

Simple, they will implant a micro chip in all of their sheep so they can track them.

whee · 05-24-2003, 05:00 PM

Even google adwords require this new shit.
25 percent VAT... In my country... God damn those greedy freaks

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Olivier · 05-24-2003, 05:05 PM

what the...

Probono · 05-24-2003, 05:41 PM

And I thought Holland was a good place to do business from. sigh

REMbraNT · 05-24-2003, 05:58 PM

This is crazy

I haven't seen any good news since 2002 november 15 in the adult biz.

04-22-2003, 04:46 AM	#1
Neff Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 86	EU VAT: a New Tax Headache for E-Commerce And for Adult as well "For example, if a U.S. based supplier sells digitized products over the Internet (i.e. digital downloads) to a consumer based say, in Germany, the U.S. company will be required to charge/account for German VAT at 16 percent on the sale price," Fay told internetnews.com. "If the U.S. company also sells to an Irish consumer, 21 percent VAT will have to be charged, a UK consumer 17= percent, etc." And that includes companies that offer things like Web-hosting, ASP services, sales of downloadable software and upgrades, the sale of electronic books, streaming music, digital movies, computer games and even distance-learning services. http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/2194111

04-22-2003, 05:17 AM	#2
Keev Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 5,335	Good luck enforcing that ... EU IRS __________________ ReliableServers.com - NO REF LINK!

04-22-2003, 05:19 AM	#3
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whee Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: http://www.nightstation.com Posts: 1,375	Even google adwords require this new shit. 25 percent VAT... In my country... God damn those greedy freaks <br> __________________ http://www.nightstation.com

04-22-2003, 05:26 AM	#4
Gunni Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Barcelona Posts: 2,385	That is just daft! How can they expect this to be enforced? It´s like saying that if you go to the U.S. on holidays from Europe, you have to pay VAT for everything you bought while you were there! A customer that buys him self a membership to an adult site that is hosted in America, is technically going all that way to watch it. Or that is the way I see it. I mean how can a government tax a company that has nothing to do with that country? If the company is not based in that country, nor is it targeting the people of that country, how can it be held responsable for people buying theyr products?

04-22-2003, 05:31 AM	#5
SothArtist Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 366	I dont know how they will enforce that or if its true. I know in Aus we charge an extra 10% for GST now when we sell to an Aus biz or consumer. But we don't charge GST for overseas clients. I really don't see how they can do it.

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Olivier Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 656	what the...

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Probono Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Under the Rainbow Posts: 2,731	And I thought Holland was a good place to do business from. sigh

05-24-2003, 05:58 PM	#10
REMbraNT Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hungary Posts: 241	This is crazy I haven't seen any good news since 2002 november 15 in the adult biz.