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We are a VAT registered company in the UK and we have a supplier in Germany who has shipped goods (worth approx. 350 EUR) directly to one of our customers in Ireland. We have not charged our customer any VAT, however our supplier in Germany has charged us 19% German VAT as we do not have an Irish VAT Number. Should we have given them our customers Irish VAT Number? Will the customer in Ireland still have to pay import VAT even though the supplier has invoiced us for VAT? Would this be any different if the customer we are selling to in Ireland is not VAT registered? What is the best way for us to deal with this? Thanks a lot!