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RE: What is the correct way of shipping DDP to Italy that allows customer to claim VAT back.
Can I add to it, that we are not commercially active company and sale is between UK entity and Polish entity. The set up in France is only used to facilitate import of the goods into EU, so in other words sale is not between French company to the Polish company. If this was, we then would be liable for intrastat reporting, which I don't have to in our case, so I'd appreciate if you could confirm that your previous response is still valid. What would be the best email address, to get this emailed accross and confirmed from HMRC point of view ? -
RE: What is the correct way of shipping DDP to Italy that allows customer to claim VAT back.
Hi, can I add to above conversation similar scenario. We have only UK entity, but I have applied for French VAT and EORI number, so together with indirect representation we are able to import clear goods into EU. When goods are shipped to EU on DDP terms, we are importers on record in France for duties & VAT (import tax purposes), so all our customers have to do is offload pallets. French set up is not a company, which can or do sell goods to our EU customers but is only to enable us to import goods into EU. Few customers queried VAT number showing on our accounting invoice (not commercial invoice), which was showing UK VAT number, and said they want to see French VAT number. I don't want to confuse Commercial Invoice with accounting invoice here, so the confirmation I would like to see is whether sale between UK and EU on DDP terms should be showing French VAT number or we should always use UK VAT on accountig invoice.