I work for a company that purchases product from an Irish Manufacturer (republic of Ireland). We pay for the stock and the manufacturer stores in their warehouse. When we sell to a customer in Ireland the manufacturer operates as our distributor and dispatches the item on our behalf. We then bill the Irish customer. My question are:
Should we be registered for VAT in Ireland as we are effectively making a sale in Ireland for a product that has not left Ireland? ie it is not a sale between 2 EU members as such
If this is the case I would assume that it would be correct to put VAT on the invoice that we send to the Irish Customer.
Is it possible or someone to point me to the right place in the Irish VAT legislation?
I work for a company that purchases product from an Irish Manufacturer (republic of Ireland). We pay for the stock and the manufacturer stores in their warehouse. When we sell to a customer in Ireland the manufacturer operates as our distributor and dispatches the item on our behalf. We then bill the Irish customer. My question are:
Should we be registered for VAT in Ireland as we are effectively making a sale in Ireland for a product that has not left Ireland? ie it is not a sale between 2 EU members as such
If this is the case I would assume that it would be correct to put VAT on the invoice that we send to the Irish Customer.
Is it possible or someone to point me to the right place in the Irish VAT legislation?
Many thanks for your invaluable help
Hi!
1. Your company purchases the goods from an Irish company, based in Ireland and as far as I understand the goods are not transported to your company's address, but are remained in the supplier's warehouse. Therefore they ought to charge you Irish VAT.
2. As a foreign trader selling goods in Ireland your company is required to register for VAT and there is no threshold for such traders, i.e. your company should register for VAT before supplying goods to your customers in Ireland.
3. The two sources of information are European commission website and Irish Inland revenue website.
