Hello and Sage entries for EU Hotels with local VAT

[vad.ch]

Hi everyone, my first post here, but I guess it wont be the last :)

I wonder if anyone knows whats the best way to enter the business hotel and other EU expenses in sage that show the local taxation on? Naturally that happens when no VAT number is being provided.

example - hotel in berlin invoiced for EUR 119, out of which EUR 19 is local VAT.

a) use it as tax code 8 and enter the transaction in full (EUR119) with no vat on our end?
b) use it as tax code 8 and enter the transaction as EUR100 with vat on our end of EUR 19?
c) use tax code 9 or 0 with the full ammount as the net (EUR 119)

Thanks in advance to everyone and hope to be a regular as i guess I have a lot with what to contribute here

[weebly_one]

I would personally do a) but I would be interested to see if others say the same!

You can't reclaim the VAT paid locally in another country.

[vad.ch]

I would personally do a) but I would be interested to see if others say the same!

You can't reclaim the VAT paid locally in another country.

Thanks weebly_one, much appreciated. thats what I thought too, but needed the second oppinion. You can claim the local VAT in their country apparently upto 6 months later, but probably its not worth all the admin work for small transactions and some countries do not allow VAT reclaim on Hotels etc.

still open to suggestions if anyone thinks differently