Services for e-commerce

About our services for e-commerce

In this day and age, one of the most promising ways of developing business is a foreign market expansion. This can be achieved by expanding a scope of services through cross-border distance selling, currently being one of the most popular ways of selling goods – popular, yet subject to a number of tax regulations. It should not however deter anyone who is willing to take advantage of trading across Europe – ensuring a proper procedural compliance is sufficient to avoid criminal liability for breaching the law.

VAT OSS

Sellers who want to take advantage of intra-EU distance selling through e-commerce must be VAT payers. They declare to deliver goods within European Union to private persons or companies not registered for VAT. It’s important to remember that the VAT settlement (in the country of origin or the recipient’s country) and the tax-free allowance are subject to, among others, the distance selling threshold, which was lowered to the range of EUR 10,000 as of July 1st, 2021. EUR 10,000 is the combined threshold for intra-Community distance sales of goods and certain B2C services supplied to consumers in other European Union member states.

Once this threshold is exceeded, businesses engaged in distance selling to customers in other EU countries must account for VAT in the customer’s country of residence. This can be done either through the VAT OSS scheme in the country where the business is established or by registering for VAT locally in the countries where consumption takes place.

By registering in the system and filing quarterly VAT declarations, the tax-payer benefits from a simplified process – the tax due from transactions can now be settled with the home country’s tax office, which then transfers it to the tax authorities in the EU country of an end-consumer.

When it comes to VAT OSS it is worth to remember that after reaching a distance selling threshold in the EU, a tax-payer is obliged to issue sales documents with local VAT rates of the consumer’s home country. This means that the VAT number of the taxpayer and the VAT rate of another EU country will appear on the final invoice.

Why us

There is a variety of complex reporting obligations that have to be taken into consideration when you are preparing to sell abroad. Deadlines and filing periods for VAT return differ from country to country. Polish VAT regulations not necessarily translate into VAT regulations in other countries. Monitoring all of international sales in order to calculate whether or not you have exceeded the sales threshold in a given country requires additional time and means allotted to it.

When preparing for cross-country trade, it is a good idea to reach out to specialists with many years of experience on international market under their belt. Our team of experts ensures meeting all necessary formalities and compliance with international VAT requirements.

Our experts handle these types of complex issues every working day. We pride ourselves on having many satisfied customers we built a comprehensive, trustworthy partnership with.

Should you have any doubts whether your company could benefit from above mentioned solutions or not, please do not hesitate to reach out to one of our experts to schedule a non-binding phone consultation.