Spiral Hosting

There were big changes to the European Union ‘tax regime’ on 1st January 2010. As such, services we sell for “Business Use” are exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT) in 26 EU countries. We are advising all EU businesses to ensure that they are not unnecessarily paying 17.5% VAT.

Tax exemption exists for business customers in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (incl. Monaco), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

UK businesses: There is no tax exemption for UK businesses because Spiral Hosting is registered for tax in Northern Ireland. We cannot VAT-exempt invoices for UK businesses and you will have to reclaim any VAT from HMRC.

How businesses can claim tax exemption

- Firstly, VAT registered businesses:

If you are a business with an EU VAT registration number, please email your VAT number to billing@spiralhosting.com and we will change your account so that invoices are VAT-Exempt. You can also enter your VAT number through our Client Area by going to the My Details page: https://secure.spiralhosting.com/clientarea.php?action=details .

Please note that under EU VAT Directive 2008/8/EC, we will validate every VAT Registration Number and detail your VAT-exempt business expenditure on our EC Sales List.

- Secondly, other businesses:

If you do not have a VAT Registration Number, we can still change your account so that invoices are VAT-Exempt. To make such a request, please email billing@spiralhosting.com stating: “On behalf of Business Name, I declare that we are a ‘taxable person’ under EC Directive 2006/112/EC, Article 9. I request that you do not charge us VAT on our invoices. We agree to pay any VAT that is due directly to our local tax authority in Country.”

We may ask for additional information to keep on file so that we can prove you definitely operate a business. This may include a company registration number, a certificate from your local tax authority, or copies of your business letterhead, commerical documents or commercial website.

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If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact billing@spiralhosting.com or your Account Manager directly.

Tags: Value Added Tax, VAT

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