Invoice help

Hi,

I'm new to having an EU company, and I'm preparing my first invoice!

The invoice is to a Swiss company (B2B), meaning it has no VAT charge.

I'm curious: Do I need to include my VAT ID in the invoice? I would prefer not to, but from reading the regulations and talking with my accountant in my company's country (Slovakia), I understand that this is required.

What kind of trouble can I get into for not following the rules and writing my VAT ID on the invoice? Also, is it possible to send one invoice to my client, and another to the tax office if they require it?

Sols said:

You don't have to but it's pretty common to include VAT number on all invoices just as a part of the template.

Why would you not want the VAT number on your invoice?

Would not recommend doing that. Even if they're technically the same and the only difference is one has VAT number and one does not, if the tax authority finds out, they're going to consider you suspicious (and/or incompetent).

You usually don't send invoices at all to the tax office, unless they are auditing/investigating you.

Thanks for the reply and info!

I can add the VAT ID to the invoice. I just thought to skip that step, as this client is a bit cumbersome, and I would need to contact their accountant to re-configure the template they use to pay me.