VAT and cross-border transactions
Cross-border VAT goes wrong on the invoice, not in the return. We make sure the treatment is right before the transaction happens.
The situation
Selling goods or services across borders changes the VAT treatment, the invoice requirements and the reporting. Reverse charge, ICP declarations, place-of-supply rules for services and imports each carry their own conditions.
Errors surface late — usually as a correction, a questionnaire from the tax authorities, or an unrecoverable cost.
Typical examples
- A Dutch entity selling services to business customers elsewhere in the EU.
- Goods moving between EU member states under reverse charge.
- Imports from outside the EU and the related VAT position.
How Arquatus helps
Treatment established up front
We map how your sales and purchases should be treated for VAT before invoicing patterns are set.
Returns and ICP
Periodic VAT returns and ICP declarations that agree with your ledger and your invoices.
Invoicing that supports the position
Invoice wording, VAT numbers and evidence requirements aligned with the treatment applied.
Corrections handled properly
Where something has been treated incorrectly, we quantify it and deal with it.
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