VAT on Invoice UK Customer but Goods Shipped directly from our Supplier in US to Customer in EU

Hello, Please can you advise regarding the following query. Our customer is based in the UK. They have asked us to ship there order directly from our supplier in the US to their branch in Germany. Would we have to charge VAT to the UK customer as the goods are not entering the UK?

Hi nmead,
If you are supplying goods to a UK company but the goods move from the US to Germany then because the goods never come in to the UK they will be Outside The Scope of VAT and so no UK VAT would need to be charged.
Thank you. 
 

Hello, Thank you. In the case of us invoicing our customer in the UK but the goods are being delivered to our premises in the UK and we will ship the goods onto the Branch of the UK company in Germany, do we then charge VAT to our customer in the UK?

Hi nmead,
Please see the guidance below;
VEXP80310 - Examples of various export scenarios and VAT treatments: Examples involving exports to associated companies outside the UK: Supplier delivers the goods directly to a non-UK branch of a UK business
Thank you.