- Original Poster
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Hi There.
I am building a website, and I am stuck with the question on how to manage VAT. We are based in the UK, and will be selling to europe. Therefore we decided to add a function in our ecommerce website for european customers to input their vat number, this will be validated automatically, resulting in VAT free export from the UK.
My questions is:
1. Is it possible for my website to validate the VAT numbers automatically, and if it is valid the customer will then be able to continue without VAT being applied?
2. How can I prevent a user from using a VALID VAT number belonging to another company? Therefore making a VAT free purchase which they are not entitled to. From my understanding, VAT numbers can be verified but not to a specifc company.
3.If point 2 occurs, would we be liable for VAT on the item?
Thanks
I am building a website, and I am stuck with the question on how to manage VAT. We are based in the UK, and will be selling to europe. Therefore we decided to add a function in our ecommerce website for european customers to input their vat number, this will be validated automatically, resulting in VAT free export from the UK.
My questions is:
1. Is it possible for my website to validate the VAT numbers automatically, and if it is valid the customer will then be able to continue without VAT being applied?
2. How can I prevent a user from using a VALID VAT number belonging to another company? Therefore making a VAT free purchase which they are not entitled to. From my understanding, VAT numbers can be verified but not to a specifc company.
3.If point 2 occurs, would we be liable for VAT on the item?
Thanks
