HI all, We want to add gift cards to our EU based e-commerce website. According to the new EU VAT regulation our gift cards would fall in the Single Purpose Voucher (because at the moment of the sale we know it will be used only on our website and only for products that are subject to 22% VAT) and…

Hey @Victor_5 we’re building a webstore for our client and we also need that feature. It is legal requirement and its really not good enough that you do not provide a solution for this. Looking forward to the resolution for this issue. Regards Michal

Dear @Victor_5 ! Just red all the comments about this issue with gift card taxes. It’s a pity that a company that is living from the merchants’ whats are generated on it’s platform doesn’t take care of the merchants who generate business. BTW what about an offer? We, who live on the old continent …

I’ve read every word of this thread. I’m a UK business and I’m under the UK laws, and I have an accountant telling me I need to fix this ASAP… so, I require a solution @Victor_5 . Please can you flag this again with whoever you need to flag it with. There are thousands ok UK businesses using Shopify…

@Victor_5 Please advice a timeframe for a solution. Currently we are operating against the law. wich requires to add VAT to gift cards. Please offer a solution to add VAT.

Hi @xbyx , I do not have an update to provide, nor do I have any sort of timeframe on when a change may be made. I know that this issue is with the relevant internal team and if I hear any updates on this matter, I will be sure to share it here as soon as I do. Kind regards, Victor | Shopify Soci…

Any news on this? My accountant raised the issue as well. On top, the new Tax module says I should edit my variants to charge tax, there’s a technical error when I try to do so. ‘Charge Tax on this product’ is also not available in the edit price for gift cards.

Hi Victor, I already talked several times with the German Shopify support and posted this topic in the German forum. This topic is quite urgent to most merchants in Germany (and maybe other European countries) as Christmas time is coming up. There is no useful workaround and we can currently not …

I’m in the same boat and have been for years. Please Shopify, fix this issue. We (European vendors) are paying customers for your service, but can’t use one of the vital parts of it because it looks like your company is ignoring all of our pleas to remedy this issue. Using an app is NOT an option (…

How to handle VAT on gift cards under new EU regulations?

Accounting & Taxes

Bene1 August 6, 2020, 9:06pm 39

Is there already an update available ?

Same issues here!

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How to handle VAT on gift cards under new EU regulations?

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