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Re: profit on line, taxes, internationally...how?
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JULIA BRENNER
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Mar 12, 2005 06:40 PST
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Alessandro,
If you are selling translation services via your website I don't think this would necessarily be seen as e-commerce transactions for VAT purposes. It is still a translation service and it does not matter how you physically deliver it to your customer. You'd have to check this with the so-called e-commerce Directive which you can find on the commission's website, particularly with the annexe which lists e-commerce activities.
If it is indeed a translation service provided to private individuals the place of supply (ie the country where you have to account for VAT) would usually be the country where your business belongs and from where you make your supply. THe same applies to business customers in in the same country as you whereas business customers in otehr countries would have to deal with VAT themselves.
I hope this is useful as a preliminary heads up but I agree that you should check this in more detail with a tax advisor in Italy. Anyone should be able to help but if you really cannot find someone who can advise you in this field on the the "big 4" (PwC etc) will be able to help.
Julia
Alessandro Devic <alx-@gmail.com> wrote:
hi,
I have been searching all over the network, but haven't found anything
about this ecommerce aspect:
what sort of taxes am I supposed to pay if I start to make money
through services I sell on my website? Like translations for example,
untouchable goods.
If the website is created from a specific contry but it sells
all over the world, what sort of taxes if any, am I supposed to pay?
For example, in my country, in order to make profit out of something,
I have to to create a company: ltd and so on. So, there are opening
fees, taxes to register the company, taxes on the goods I am selling.
Can anyone help me with this? Any info and links are more than welcome
Thank you very much
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