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Answer 4 quick questions. Our AI analyses your situation against current EU VAT rules and tells you exactly what you need to do.

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Why It Matters

EU VAT rules don't care how small you are

The moment you sell across an EU border — a digital download, a subscription, a physical product shipped to another member state — you can trigger VAT obligations in a country you've never registered in. There's no small-business exemption from cross-border VAT the way there sometimes is for GDPR: the thresholds are about turnover and destination, not headcount.

Most SMBs find out the hard way, months after they've already crossed the €10,000 EU-wide distance-selling threshold or started selling digital services to consumers abroad. VATGuard exists to catch that before a tax authority does.

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Answer four questions

Where you're established, what you sell, who your customers are, and roughly how much you turn over.

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Checked against EU VAT rules

Distance-selling thresholds, the One-Stop Shop scheme, digital-services VAT and reverse-charge rules — cross-referenced automatically.

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Get a ranked report

A plain-language breakdown of what applies to you, in priority order, exportable as a PDF for your accountant.

Common Questions

Before you start

Does VATGuard register me for VAT?▼
No. It tells you which obligations apply and where — you (or your accountant) still complete the actual registration, either directly with a national tax authority or through the EU's One-Stop Shop (OSS) portal.
Which countries does it cover?▼
All 27 EU member states, plus the distance-selling and digital-services rules that apply when you're based outside the EU but sell to EU consumers.
What is the One-Stop Shop (OSS)?▼
A single EU-wide VAT registration that lets you report and pay VAT on cross-border B2C sales to all member states through one return, instead of registering separately in each country you sell into.
Is my data stored?▼
No. Your answers are sent to our AI provider to generate the report, then discarded — nothing is retained on our servers. See the note below for the full legal basis.
Is this tax or legal advice?▼
No. VATGuard gives indicative guidance based on the details you provide — always confirm registration decisions with a qualified accountant or tax advisor before acting, especially close to a threshold.
How current are the VAT rules it checks?▼
The underlying rules are reviewed whenever EU VAT legislation changes — including OSS scope updates and threshold adjustments — rather than on a fixed schedule.