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Why Chantier, and why now
There is information everywhere and people shipping nowhere. We are opening a site for the latter.
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VAT on a SaaS sold across Europe: the short answer
The question comes up every week in the VAT & payments room. Here is the answer we give there, without the jargon.
Maxime L.
To a consumer
The customer’s country VAT applies from the first euro beyond €10,000 of intra-EU sales a year. The OSS one-stop shop lets you declare everything in France.
To a business
Reverse charge: invoice without VAT, with the customer’s VAT number, the mandatory mention, and a services declaration.
In practice
Stripe Tax calculates and collects, the accountant declares. Twenty minutes of setup, one four-figure mistake fewer. The “VAT, Stripe and invoicing” course goes all the way.
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