VAT relating to purchase and sale of goods

You will be involved in VAT both in the purchase and sale of goods. This applies, for example, if you buy goods in the Netherlands or deliver goods from the Netherlands.

You can:

• purchase goods in the Netherlands
• import from EU countries into the Netherlands: intra Community acquisition
• import from non-EU countries into the Netherlands
• sell goods in the Netherlands to clients in the Netherlands
• export from the Netherlands to other EU countries: intra Community supply
• export from the Netherlands to non-EU countries

In addition, the sale of goods to private individuals sometimes involves distance sales.