EU VAT rules make EU startups uncompetitive in a global market

Re:EU VAT rules make EU startups uncompetitive in a global m... by vixen99 on Monday December 01, 2014 @04:29AM (#8680147)

'If the customers IP address and billing address conflict you are going to have to halt the purchase unless ...'.

So how do I, as a customer, go about buying something online while not at home? The 'unless' doesn't appear to unravel the mystery.

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Re:EU VAT rules make EU startups uncompetitive in a global m... by derickr on Monday December 01, 2014 @05:07AM (#8680248)

You can buy from a non-EU company just fine.

But other than that, there are other allowed bits of information to proof country of consumption, it's just going to be a pain to implement in your check-out process :-/

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Re:EU VAT rules make EU startups uncompetitive in a global m... by wbond on Monday December 01, 2014 @10:18AM (#8681434)

Well, only if they are breaking EU member state laws. As of 2003 non-EU companies need to charge VAT also.

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Re:EU VAT rules make EU startups uncompetitive in a global m... by derickr on Monday December 01, 2014 @01:04PM (#8682579)

Certainly, but I doubt it's very enforcable.

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Re:EU VAT rules make EU startups uncompetitive in a global m... by vixen99 on Monday December 01, 2014 @05:40AM (#8680330)

Thanks! Your first sentence says it (almost) all.

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