The Horrible Implications of the EU VAT “Place of Supply” Change

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by AliCollins • 11 years ago

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wbond3• 11 years ago

I wrote Python (https://github.com/wbond/vat_moss-python) and JS (https://github.com/wbond/vat-moss.js) libraries for this. They include docs about how to handle other aspects of VAT MOSS also.

Included are methods to determine the applicable rate based on self-declared location, billing address, phone number or IP address. The Python library includes functionality to grab exchange rates and perform VAT ID validation.

somehnreader2• 11 years ago

Yeah, its not the nicest change of all time, but I recently implemented it for a customer and with a bit of magic and a dictionary of the form {"GB":20.0,"DE":19.0, ...} and everything was fine.

wbond3• 11 years ago

Well, I would say it is a bit more complicated than a dictionary with rates. You have to deal with all of the VAT rate exceptions, for instance the Azores, Jungholz, Heligoland, Livigno, etc. And then you have to collect two non-contradictory pieces of location proof. And allow businesses to provide a VAT ID, etc.

mdisraeli• 11 years ago

Can anyone give any insight to the impact of these changes to businesses in EU countries other than the UK?

The Horrible Implications of the EU VAT “Place of Supply” Change

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