As of 1 July 2021, new rules with regard to (online) sales to private individuals (B2C transactions) will come into effect. These rules have an impact on the current distance selling rules, and they will effectively require businesses who make B2C sales to report these sales to non-business customers in (other) EU countries to report these sales via the One Stop Shop (OSS) mechanism.
We prepared a quick and simple overview / stepplan for businesses selling B2C SERVICES to see if and how they will have to do something. Please follow the link below:
An overview of the B2C sales of GOODS will follow later.
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