Your Own Store Sells Into Germany: When the Sale Is Yours to Declare and When It Is Not
German VAT can depend on where goods ship from, who buys them, and who handles import VAT. See how different ecommerce orders are treated.
Michael Stiller
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Michael Stiller is a Steuerberater (German certified tax advisor) and Expert-Comptable, registered with the Steuerberaterkammer Rheinland-Pfalz, the regional chamber of tax advisors. At Vaytax (vaytax.com), he reviews and files German VAT returns for online sellers based outside Germany.
The German statutes cited here (UStG, UStDV) are published in full at gesetze-im-internet.de, and the EU Implementing Regulation at eur-lex.europa.eu. This article is general information, not advice on an individual case.