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Irish Sole Trader in UK

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  • 08-08-2007 1:34pm
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    thesteve
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭


    Ok here's a tricky one (well for me anyway). I am starting up a business on the side of my regular 9-5 job and am going to go down the sole trader road. I still haven't looked into doing this but I'm sure there's 100 threads here so I won't ask the same questions again...

    The nature is importing goods from India for sale here. I know that as India is considered a developing country, all I have to do is pay VAT on import.

    The issue is I potentially have my first customer and they're in the UK. So As the goods come on a container that goes via the UK, if I get the customer to receive it there, how do I go about paying the VAT, to the UK government?

    It's hard to find any info on an Irish sole trader operaing in the UK, any links or advice would be appreciated.

    - S


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    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    As far as I know, you don't pay VAT to the UK gov, you pay it here because you're operating from here


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    thesteve
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭thesteve


    Even if the good never reach Irish shores? Just worrying about what the UK gov will have to say about that...

    And then I charge VAT at the UK rate to the customer then?
    Cheers!


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