{"id":6497,"date":"2024-12-10T11:13:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T10:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitax.de\/2024\/12\/10\/value-added-tax-the-11-most-common-mistakes\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:59:39","slug":"vat-11-most-common-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benefitax.de\/en\/vat-11-most-common-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"VAT &#8211; 11 most common mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6497\" class=\"elementor elementor-6497 elementor-5409\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d1a4ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d1a4ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9c063f\" data-id=\"f9c063f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad16bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fad16bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Taken from real life: the 11 most common VAT mistakes<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15903 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitax.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Fotolia_194240264_S_Stop-430x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"201\" \/>. From experience, we can say that the following problems, among others, can occur with VAT:<\/p><ul><li>Uncertainties as to whether or not VAT should be shown on outgoing invoices<\/li><li>No differentiation between private customers and companies when invoicing abroad<\/li><li>Formal errors, parts of the necessary invoice details are missing<\/li><li>the customer&#8217;s VAT ID number is not checked<\/li><li>the route of goods is not observed or a missing reference to tax liability in the invoice for triangular transactions cannot be corrected later. Entrepreneurs fail to register in other EU countries.<\/li><li>Incorrect VAT treatment for commission transactions<\/li><li>Import sales tax is declared incorrectly<\/li><li>Import VAT also applies to temporary storage if no duty-free warehouse was used<\/li><li>It is very difficult to distinguish between goods and services, especially in the case of IT services<\/li><li>Online mail order business on the Internet &#8211; VAT registration in the wrong country<\/li><li>Sale via auction abroad &#8211; VAT liability not observed<\/li><\/ul><p>Find out here what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitax.de\/en\/vat-mistakes-what-can-happen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consequences<\/a> you can expect if you make such mistakes.<\/p><p>Have you become aware of this topic? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitax.de\/en\/value-added-tax-avoid-expensive-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here<\/a> you can find out how we can help you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taken from real life: the 11 most common VAT mistakes. From experience, we can say that the following problems, among others, can occur with VAT: Uncertainties as to whether or not VAT should be shown on outgoing invoices No differentiation between private customers and companies when invoicing abroad Formal errors, parts of the necessary invoice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wiki-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VAT - 11 most common mistakes - Steuerberatung | Wirtschaftspr\u00fcfung<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"VAT errors are sometimes made quickly because, for example, you don&#039;t know whether VAT is present on sales invoices. 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