We have a sale to a customer in Germany, with an electronic report deliverable but the order has been placed through a "procurement agent" in Japan, asking us to invoice them. Our belief was that under place of supply rules, it would either be Germany (where the end customer is based) or the UK (where we are based), but the "agent" company is quoting saying that their advisers (and their multi-national clients) have told them we should not be charging VAT. It is not clear to us, whether the statement above means the (German) end-client will be applying reverse charge VAT, or that NO VAT at all would apply. We have a number of other situations like this, and are keen to ensure (a) that we do not fall foul of UK/EC VAT regulations, and (b) that we apply the correct treatment in all cases. |
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VAT does apply. By using the Reverse Charge, VAT is applied, albeit in the hands of the recipient.
I would want to review the contractual position of the 'procurement agent,' to confirm that they are acting as agent, and whether the PoS is altered to Japan.