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Thread poster: Sabela Davila
Sabela Davila
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Mar 9, 2010

Dear all,

I am a freelance translator registered in the UK and working for companies all over the world. Recently some companies in Spain have asked me for my VIES VAT number, they tell me I have to register myself with VIES VAT in order for them to carry on working with me. I would like to know if any of you knows if I can register with VIES VAT without registering with British VAT. If so, what are the tax implications of this? And also, how do I register?

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Dear all,

I am a freelance translator registered in the UK and working for companies all over the world. Recently some companies in Spain have asked me for my VIES VAT number, they tell me I have to register myself with VIES VAT in order for them to carry on working with me. I would like to know if any of you knows if I can register with VIES VAT without registering with British VAT. If so, what are the tax implications of this? And also, how do I register?

Thanks in advance for your help!


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Alison MacG
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Previous thread Mar 9, 2010

Hopefully this previous thread should help you.

Deborah Curtis wrote:

I have just received an email today from a translation agency I work for in Spain asking me to register for VAT and provide them with a fiscal residence certificate. The alternative is to stop working for them. So, worrying stuff if this is going to end up applying across the board in Europe and I have been trawling through the HMRC site and have read through this forum as a result. I have just emaile... See more
Hopefully this previous thread should help you.

Deborah Curtis wrote:

I have just received an email today from a translation agency I work for in Spain asking me to register for VAT and provide them with a fiscal residence certificate. The alternative is to stop working for them. So, worrying stuff if this is going to end up applying across the board in Europe and I have been trawling through the HMRC site and have read through this forum as a result. I have just emailed the HMRC to see if I can get any advice and will feed it back into this forum if I do.
Like many other contributors, I have no desire to add to my paperwork by registering for VAT.

I emailed the HMRC and my choice seems to be register for VAT voluntarily (with all the work that entails) or stop working for Spanish agencies.
The response I received from the HMRC will repeat some of what has already been said in this forum, but may still be helpful, rather than wading through the HMRC website and notices:

http://www.proz.com/forum/money_matters/153466-eu_vat_changes_as_of_1_jan_2010-page4.html#1342379 ▲ Collapse
 
Sabela Davila
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Thank you! Mar 10, 2010

Thank you Alison,

I have gone through the whole thread and it seems to be clear that as a UK-resident freelance translator I don't have to register for VAT but if I don't do it I will lose this client.

Apparently, Sheila Wilson was able to get the number without registering in her country of residence, France:

"Situation here in France Jan 20

I'm not registered for VAT, but I now have a VAT N° - all I need it for is to include on my invoi... See more
Thank you Alison,

I have gone through the whole thread and it seems to be clear that as a UK-resident freelance translator I don't have to register for VAT but if I don't do it I will lose this client.

Apparently, Sheila Wilson was able to get the number without registering in her country of residence, France:

"Situation here in France Jan 20

I'm not registered for VAT, but I now have a VAT N° - all I need it for is to include on my invoices to other EU countries and to send a report to the customs showing my client's VAT N° and the amount of the invoice.

That is the only change that has been made - I'm still not registered for VAT.

Added: I just went to my local tax office and (after the initial misunderstandings and complications that seem essential to all administrative offices here), they came up with the number on the spot."


Not sure if this is possible in the UK, I'll try to find out, and let everyone know in the forum.

Thank you again for your help! ▲ Collapse
 


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