Claim Tax Exemption

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Last updated: Jul 16, 2021 by Jonas Wester (Unlicensed)
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As a Swedish company, our tax authority demands that we charge local tax to customers located within the EU. This means we need to know your billing location to determine if you’re subject to tax and, if so, which tax rate to charge.

If you are in the EU but are a tax exempt entity, you can provide your VAT number to be marked as exempt from VAT (tax) or to calculate reverse VAT.

All Swedish subscribers (with or without a valid VAT number) are charged local VAT. All other individual subscribers in the EU (those without a valid VAT Number) are charged local VAT.

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Information you need to claim tax exemption

The information needed to claim tax exemption can vary depending on your location and if you are an individual or an organization with a valid VAT number.

Everyone :

  • Name

  • Full billing address including Country

Organizations in the EU:

Everything above PLUS

  • Company Name

  • VAT Number - This should start with your country code like “GB” or “ES” followed by the number

We are required to have 2 ways to prove your location. We use the geolocation information from the IP address of the person managing the billing account as secondary proof. If you are in a different country than your billing address is, please let us know so we can get a different form of secondary proof.

How to add the information to your account

If you have not already created an account on our billing portal, you must do so before continuing.

Log in to your account on https://55degrees.recurly.com and click on the “Edit” link in the top right corner of the “Billing Information” box. This box is found in the right column under your account balance.

Once you click edit, the Billing Information form will expand. If you already have billing information in our system, you will see if populated here.

 

If you have a valid EU VAT number, please do the following:

  • Enter it into the VAT Number field

  • Enter the name of the entity registered for that VAT number in the Company Name field.

Once you click Update, you may still see VAT in the “Next invoice” area. It is an estimate.

However, when the invoice is generated, it will not include VAT and will have the following message on the invoice:

 

If you have any questions about this process, please submit them to our help desk.

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