There are several factors which determine whether you need to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) for orders on Materialise OnSite:
1. The availability of a valid VAT number (in case of business clients*)
2. The delivery destination of an order and
3. The location of the invoicing office.
| Business clients with a valid* EU VAT number | Private clients without a EU VAT number | |
| Delivery destination is in a Non-EU country except for UK | No VAT will be applied (export). | No VAT will be applied (export). |
| Delivery destination is in UK | Materialise OnSite has an invoicing office in UK, so UK VAT will be applied. | UK VAT will be applied. |
| Delivery destination is in a EU country |
When the responsible invoicing office is in the same country as the destination country, the VAT rate of this country will be applied. When the responsible invoicing office is not in the same country as the destination country (cross-country B2B transaction), no VAT will be applied and you will receive a reverse VAT charge invoice. Materialise OnSite has invoicing offices in France (for FR), Germany (for DE), Austria (for AT), Italy (for IT, except for payment with credit card**), Poland (for PL) and Belgium (for BE and the rest of the world besides FR, DE, AT, IT, PL and UK). |
The VAT rate of the destination country will be applied. |
*If you have a valid EU VAT number, you can enter this in the Company info section. Please note that invalid VAT numbers will lead to the cancellation of the order.
**In the case of credit card payments of orders delivered in Italy, the invoice is issued from BE, so no VAT is applied (you will also receive a reverse VAT charge invoice).
Countries within the EU that are subject to VAT are:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.