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0 pointsyarcob4y ago0 comments

> VAT and invoices are part of GDPR?

No they are not. VAT and invoices is just something else that's also easier with EU vendors.

> But if a company invoices you with bad invoices then you can just refuse them and ask the correct and resubmit - even in the USA

That only works well if you hire an individual contractor or a very small company who depends on your payment.

SaaS companies don't give a fuck if you are happy with their invoice. High profile example: Github won't even tell you if the invoice is with VAT or not -- it just says "price includes VAT if applicable" on their invoice. Support won't tell you what it means. How is my accountant supposed to book that? Fortunately my Github bill isn't big, so I probably won't get in trouble over incorrectly declared VAT for the Github invoice.

If there's a EU vendor, it's always going to be my first pick, because I just don't want to waste time accounting for funny US invoices.

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Zenst4y ago

Thank you, I grew up in the UK so the whole US invoices quirks and issues you mention are literal new to me and appreciate the perspective and experience. I do know that the Inland Revenue in the UK and TAX laws have always mandated VAT numbers have to be upon the invoice and other such stipulations. So do wonder how they handle UK invoicing with regards to VAT, but not had any dealing with them.

Did deal with few US companies in the 90's, Sprint and telco's and never an issue there, but then different times and corporate structure with those.

That said EU countries still vary and https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vat-invoicing-rules_en kinda shows how not having the VAT number can still be valid and legal as well.

Yet you still get country nuances within EU members.

In the UK, VAT invoices is kinda the rule of registered for VAT and the rules https://www.gov.uk/guidance/record-keeping-for-vat-notice-70...

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