EU’s New VAT Rules Could Create a Mess for Startups

Re:EU’s New VAT Rules Could Create a Mess for Startups by kybernetyk on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @11:26AM (#8658327)

>As someone who sells digital software licenses, this is quite an baffling situation to experience.

>I'm almost considering shutting down sales to EU customers.

Do you have a payment processor (like Fastspring)? If so then they're handling all that ugly mess.

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Re:EU’s New VAT Rules Could Create a Mess for Startups by wbond on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @11:33AM (#8658364)

I looked into them when I first started trying to figure this all out. They take a big chunk of money (9%), and would require a bunch of new custom integration. I would end up making less money, or having to raise prices, and still having to do a bunch of custom integration work.

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