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Originally Posted by jbjb
Which still involves determining purchaser's location, keeping fairly onerous records to prove that location (for 10 years!) and working out which of the umpteen VAT rates applies to each sale.
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He will need a page on the "shopping cart" part of the web site which has a drop-down list of countries, and a VAT rate associated with each one, yes, but being VAT registered myself (I sell software, but on CD, not downloads), I think you may be exaggerating the "onerous" aspect of it. It takes me about 10 minutes every quarter to fill in my VAT return. Just need a spreadsheet to do all the sums for you.
It's a pain - don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it isn't - but keeping records is a part of running any business, and this doesn't seem too bad, as record-keeping goes.