RE: New EU tax law

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[quote="little.pm"][quote]The law only applies to digital products/services, selling physical items is the same as before, VAT is added by the customs of the country you're shipping to if they decide to check the parcel.[/quote]
The problem here is that the VAT for the shipping costs arise in the country where the online story is registered. That means if a customer from the US purchases in a german store he will have to pay for the goods without tax but will have to pay for shipping including tax as this is a service that is "consumed" in Germany and therfore taxable. As of my current knowldge Oscommerce has there a heavy bug that needs a fix as this bug makes selling to other contries a risk or a loss as one will have to pay for shipping incl. tax but wouldn't get a refund for those taxes paid wheter from the shipping company nor the tax authorities nor the customer.
If you have knowledge opf any solution to this please gimme a hint.[/quote]

You can configure Oscommerce in such a way as to charge tax on shipping and no tax on products and this can be configured differently for each country in the world !!!