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by dvfjsdhgfv 3052 days ago
Do you have to actually change the retail price? The way we do it is to keep the price constant for the customer. If their country has a lower VAT rate, they have to pay more. I'm not sure most even know/care how much VAT they pay, but they do care about the total price - and this doesn't change no matter if you change IP/user VPN etc. It also removes any incentives to cheat.
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Good comment. Actually this is what I'm doing... move the logic to the book keeping side and deal with less income e.g. on Hungary with 27% VAT. Nevertheless why do I have to do all this hassle when somebody who sells e.g. a hardcover (vs. ebook) does not need to do this when selling cross border and they need to start thinking in this direction once they cross over 50 - 100,000 € on one country. Because I'm selling digital goods is much harder on my side.