FOR UK VAT-REGISTERED BUSINESSES
When we ship Meraki for you to a destination in the EU we do so from the Netherlands.
We have to charge NL VAT on these goods. That is 21% unless you have an EU VAT-registered entity (anywhere in EU that we can bill), in which case it is a reverse-charge which is effectively 0%.
If we are invoicing your UK VAT-registered entity, you are liable for the 21% VAT, but according to HMRC you can claim it back.
We are not qualified to give tax advice, so please verify with your own research or experts, but…
HMRC have told me that you do this through your VAT return, but you have to enrol in an additional service called ‘EU VAT Refund’.
- In your HMRC portal, choose ‘Manage Account’.
- Select ‘Get online access to a tax, duty or scheme’.
- Select ‘Another VAT service’.
- Select ‘EU Refunds, reclaim VAT you paid in the EU’.
This is where this suggestion ends. If you are invoicing these goods onto a subsidiary or customer, you need to make your own provisions to choose the correct VAT status for your own invoices to them,
