Generate Invoices from the Command Line

Re:Generate Invoices from the Command Line by danuker on Monday June 26, 2023 @07:57AM (#36478549)

Needing an EU VAT number for customers in other EU countries made me find a customer outside the EU. That is in spite of me not qualifying for VAT (self-employed with income below the threshold).

I think this bureaucracy discourages a lot of people from even starting a business.

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Re:Generate Invoices from the Command Line by pluijzer on Monday June 26, 2023 @08:54AM (#36479099)

I don't know where you are from and if the process is very different there but from the places I have experience with I would describe the process as, trivial.

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Re:Generate Invoices from the Command Line by hnbad on Monday June 26, 2023 @09:28AM (#36479418)

Romania apparently. My country (Germany) isn't known for its easy to navigate bureaucracy but even here getting an EU VAT ID was trivial. Certainly easier than most of the other parts involved in starting a (legal) business. I think it was literally one of the documents they gave me to sign when I registered my company.

EDIT: I looked it up. It's literally just something you get to check off on the tax registration form for the company. Alternatively there's an online form (imagine that!) for existing companies. Impressively, there's no fax machine involved at any point.

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Re:Generate Invoices from the Command Line by fuzztester on Monday June 26, 2023 @10:27AM (#36480036)

>Impressively, there's no fax machine involved at any point.

Well, now that's a fa(u)x pas(s).

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