If you sell digital services or digital products, you would need sign up for the VAT MOSS scheme in addition to registering and submitting VAT returns as normal. In practice, this is fairly straightforward and we are able to offer this service for £20 per month on top of the standard VAT fee.
The scheme exists because each European country wants a cut of the VAT pie if you sell to its citizens. Note, one of the tests for a service qualifying as a digital service is that it is offered without human intervention. This means that an off-the-shelf downloadable course would count as a digital service, but if you speak with the customer and curate the correct downloadable content to suit their specific needs, then this is now just a normal service rather than a digital service and the additional VAT requirements fall away.
If you're after a bit of advice and not ready to commit to an accountant, you can book a consultation call with us.
Ahead of the call you can fill in a questionnaire to grab the basic details about your business so we can spend our time discussing higher value points. We can cover a range of topics including:
The call is 15 minutes.
Not strict. If we have a couple minutes of chit-chat about recent global pandemics, we'll add this on at the end. We leave a 15 minute buffer after calls to accommodate this.
If you come onboard as a client your fee is credited back to your account.
What is the cost?
The consultation call is £50, including VAT.
What if I just want to ask about your services?
In this case, please get in touch by submitting a message on the Instant Quote form.
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