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Unfortunately that's almost correct. See, if you sell to a Spanish citizen you now are unable to opt-out of VAT, because Spain does not have such a minimum. The whole VAT/sales tax situation in the EU is incredibly complex and it's little issues like the one you missed that can completely mess up your otherwise orderly run company.



*Resident of Spain, not Spanish citizen. Big difference. With the exception of the residents of Canary Islands, Ceuta, Mellila, which are part of Spain and the EU, but not part of the EU VAT area.


Yeah I know :) but it wasn't the place to bitch and moan about that since it had very little to do with that subject. And I've already complained about it that day :P https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10526573 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10526551

There is so much nonsense with the new VAT regulation and so much internal contradiction that I'll be surprised if it won't explode within a year or so.


That is only the case if you're providing digital goods.




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