VAT-free EU shipments – obligation to provide proof of compliance

According to Section 17a of the Turnover Tax Implementing Order, all companies are obliged to provide verification of their VAT-free shipments to EU member states. If the requisite verification is not available when checks are carried out, the tax authority will recover 19% VAT. The company bears the risk if it does not receive the confirmation of arrival or if the verification is incomplete.

FORMAT GBS provides you with a solution that efficiently solves the requirements of the various forms of verification:

• Electronic requests for single or collective confirmations.
• A monitoring system with reminder function.
• Automated processing of various forms of verification (confirmation of arrival, bill of lading, waybill, forwarder’s receipt, etc.).
• A document filing system for the administration of manual or electronic verifications.
• Transparency from the issue of the invoice to the receipt of verification.

Whichever means of dispatch you use – forwarder, courier service, postal service, collection by the customer –FORMAT GBS provides you with a monitoring system for tracking the confirmation of arrival or the alternatives, and you can completely map all verification processes in a system, thus obtaining maximum transparency.