
Dutch company, Belgian VAT registration number, how does this work?
A Belgian VAT registration number changes how you invoice and reclaim VAT, while excise duties remain linked to a separate permit tied to your foreign VAT number.
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2023-11-16 • 2 min read
The deadline for the VAT refund request in the United Kingdom is rapidly approaching for companies not established in the United Kingdom.

Deadline for VAT refund request in United Kingdom is approaching rapidly for companies not established in the United Kingdom. Unlike the VAT refund requests in EU countries, which must be submitted on 30 September, The deadline for VAT refund requests in non-EU countries varies can. For the United Kingdom this deadline is 31 December. Moreover, the annual refund period in the United Kingdom differs from that in EU countries.
The deadline for VAT refund requests in non-EU countries varies
Unlike EU countries, where all invoices from the previous year are included in the annual refund requests (supplementary request), time frame for invoices in the annual refund requests in the United Kingdom quite asymmetric. Invoices which may be submitted before 31 December 2023 relate to the period of 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, i.e.
the second half 2022 and the first half 2023.
Here are the facts summarised:


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