Buying stock from EU (Belgium)

Legacy_user

Buying some stock from a VAT registered company in Belgium where the VAT rate is 21%.

I'm a UK Vat registered company.

What happens here? Do I reclaim the VAT at 21% in my VAT return?

zax47

Give them your UK VAT number and they should bill you VAT free. You have no input VAT for that purchase then, charge UK VAT when you sell. (AFAIAA). This is how it works with my EU customers, they give me their VAT/EIN number and I bill them VAT-free.

martindow

And you need to fill in box 9 on the return

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/managing/returns-accounts/completing-returns.htm#5