Platforms operating cross-border often become responsible for charging and paying VAT in the countries where the final customers are located.
Alternatively, platform sellers become liable for paying VAT in countries where the final customers are residing.
Online sales become much more transparent after 1 January 2023 when platforms are required to provide information about their sellers under EU DAC7 legislation.
Source Grant Thornton
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