Comment on DigitalOcean: Introducing Our London RegionparentComments−justincormack12yThere is VAT to pay and these companies are required to register for VAT and charge it I believe. Eg see http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110202144320/htt...−corford12yThat doc is dated 2003 so I guess the regs have changed (and there have been some pretty major changes recently like CA2006 and FA2011). I certainly don't get VAT invoices from the US suppliers I use (linode and digital ocean for example).Edit: The 4th paragraph here seems to settle it: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/vatpossmanual/vatposs14300.ht...The reverse charge mechanism places the burden for accounting for VAT on the recipient if the supplier is outside the UK.−artumi-richard12yI have a more up-to date referencehttp://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/start/register/when-to-register.h...I do get them from pingdom, and AWS. I do not get them from Mailchimp or hostgator.−justincormack12yIt may also matter that the service being provided by Digital Ocean is in the UK as well, although I haven't had a chance to read all this yet.−corford12yCould be because Pingdom is a Swedish company and AWS is Amazon, which has a presence in Europe?
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There is VAT to pay and these companies are required to register for VAT and charge it I believe. Eg see http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110202144320/htt...
That doc is dated 2003 so I guess the regs have changed (and there have been some pretty major changes recently like CA2006 and FA2011). I certainly don't get VAT invoices from the US suppliers I use (linode and digital ocean for example).
Edit: The 4th paragraph here seems to settle it: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/vatpossmanual/vatposs14300.ht...
The reverse charge mechanism places the burden for accounting for VAT on the recipient if the supplier is outside the UK.
I have a more up-to date reference
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/start/register/when-to-register.h...
I do get them from pingdom, and AWS. I do not get them from Mailchimp or hostgator.
It may also matter that the service being provided by Digital Ocean is in the UK as well, although I haven't had a chance to read all this yet.
Could be because Pingdom is a Swedish company and AWS is Amazon, which has a presence in Europe?