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VAT OSS Threshold Explained: What Happens After EUR 10,000

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If a D2C brand ever ships direct to Europe, this explains the EU's equivalent to India's threshold question: a EUR 10,000 cross border limit with a hard reset the moment you cross it.

  • Below EUR 10,000 in cross border EU sales you can typically stay taxed at your home country rate, above it, every eligible sale for the rest of the year and the next follows the buyer's country rate.
  • The One Stop Shop scheme lets you file one VAT return for all EU countries instead of registering separately in each.

The question it answers

  1. Do I need a GST number before I make my very first sale, or can that wait?

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