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Originally Posted by Juliette
I am not sure, but I think you cannot detract VAT if you're inside the EU... unless you plan leaving the EU for more than 12 months. These are the rules for the UK, but I've seen similar boundaries last time I visited the customer service area of a luxury department store. |
That is correct. If you buy within the EU, the
seller's VAT rate applies in the majority of cases (basically, unless the seller is a very large company which is VAT registered in the buyer's country, too, in which case it's the VAT rate in the buyer's country which is applied).
The only circumstance is which VAT cannot be charged is if the buyer is a VAT-registered company.