Ask a VAT Expert
Ask a VAT expert
Get clear answers
We support ecommerce brands, marketplaces, and professional firms on EU and UK VAT: registration triggers, OSS and IOSS, intra-Community supplies, 13th Directive reclaims, and correspondence with tax offices. A short initial conversation helps us confirm the question, the countries involved, and the evidence you already hold.
Our research blends EU directives, Commission guidance, national law and practice, and (where it moves the analysis forward) court decisions. The same building blocks appear in professional VAT programmes—taxable person, place of supply, exemptions, and deduction rights—so your file is argued in language auditors recognise.
Consult with a VAT expert
From intra-Community triangulation to 13th Directive refund eligibility, we keep the workflow transparent: scope first, then research, then a documented answer you can file or defend.
Preliminary review
Share invoices, contracts, or marketplace reports through our intake form, or book a call. We confirm the legal question, the member states in scope, deliverables (memo, ruling request, reclaim pack), and timing.
Investigation and planning
We review primary sources (directive articles, national VAT acts, HMRC/EU Commission guidance) and practical filing constraints. Where an informal or formal ruling clarifies risk, we map that route before you commit spend.
Conclusive meeting
You receive a structured memorandum with citations and assumptions. We walk through scenarios, audit angles, and next steps—whether that is registration, a correction, or an authority letter drafted in our network languages.
Do VAT registration rules change the questions you should ask?
Yes. Once you have—or lack—a VAT registration in a member state, your reporting channel, invoicing rules, and recovery options shift. The same product can be standard-rated in one country and reduced-rated in another depending on category rules; selling through a marketplace may move collection obligations under platform regimes.
A consultant separates where tax is due from how you demonstrate it: place of supply for goods and services, call-off stock or chain supplies in B2B, and import VAT cash-flow when stock lands in a hub. That structure reduces both penalty exposure and missed refund opportunities.
Beyond compliance — tangible value
We look for over-declared VAT, misapplied exemptions, and reclaim routes (returns, 8th Directive, 13th Directive) your finance team may not have mapped. We also stress-test pricing and contract clauses before you lock multi-year marketplace terms.
Real outcomes for real clients
A €1,000,000 recovery
A group asked for a second opinion on historical filings. We traced a systematic misapplication of input VAT relief, documented the position, and supported the repayment claim through to payment.
Read the case overview →Simplifying market entry
EU rules touch invoicing, customs, OSS elections, and marketplace reporting. We produce a single narrative finance, legal, and ops can share—then stay on call as you scale SKUs and warehouses.
Guides and updates →Common questions
Is the first call really free?
We offer a short introductory call to understand your fact pattern and propose a scoped piece of work. Detailed memos, ruling projects, and filings are quoted separately so you can compare cost with expected risk reduction.
Can you advise on both EU and UK VAT?
Yes. Many clients run parallel UK and EU registrations after Brexit. We keep your supply-chain story consistent across both regimes.
Do you speak directly to tax authorities?
Where useful we coordinate non-binding guidance or formal rulings, always subject to local procedural rules and your approval.
What should I prepare before we meet?
Recent invoices, Incoterms, fulfilment flows, marketplace reports, and any letters you received from a tax office. Even partial data is enough for triage.
Your initial consultation is complimentary
The first 15-minute conversation is free. Deeper research is priced transparently—many teams find the cost offset by recovered VAT or avoided penalties. Nothing here is a promise of a specific tax outcome; we work from facts and cited law.