VAT on sale invoice to EU shipped to UK

[SamsonSF]

Hi, We've got a customer who has an EU VAT number, he ordered from us but the goods were shipped to a UK address so never left the country (and won't, they are for a British company) do we zero rate the VAT or keep it at 20%?

Thanks for the help!

[les35]

Must be standard rated for intra-UK supply.

[SamsonSF]

Sorry just to be clear as my wording is a little odd! The company who purchased the products are not in the UK but they were purchasing them as part of a bigger order that was all going to a UK firm, so we weren't selling to a UK company but the person who we were selling to wanted them shipped direct to their customer in the UK so the goods never left the UK

[absolutevat]

As Les said, UK VAT will be due as the goods do not leave the UK. Rate will be dependent on the product. The non-UK business will also be obliged to register for UK VAT if it has not already done so.