Anyone who pays anything ( e.g. monthly account ) would be liable for
VAT. We don't own any land, but, because we need to upload images etc.
I have a personal account - this is liable for the VAT charge ...

I don't know if Linden just mailshotted (?!?) all EU residents just in case ...

Si



On 10/3/07, Edwards, Jane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A colleague has sent me this:
>
> "Education should still be OK because they are VAT exempt... there's
> somewhere on the accounts pages to put your VAT number in to sort this."
>
> Which goes back to Penny's original message .....  I received the VAT
> email from Linden and I don't own any land.
>
> Regards,
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For anyone working in education with an interest in Second Life
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andre Mostert
> Sent: 03 October 2007 09:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [SECONDLIFE] VAT
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> Does Linden Labs supply a UK VAT number with their billing?
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of azrael
> Sent: 03 October 2007 09:09
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> Subject: Re: [SECONDLIFE] VAT
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> I'm not so sure that ignoring is really an option as it is being
> applied at point of billing unless I am mistaken - so if you have
> accounts, then you would need to register as VAT exempt in some way,
> otherwise they'll bill you irregardless :-/
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> Si
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> On 10/2/07, Andre Mostert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > You can ignore as we should not have to pay VAT to a foreign supplier,
> > there may be a case in a few years time if the supplier is a UK
> > one..............
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> > From: For anyone working in education with an interest in Second Life
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Penny Roberts
> > Sent: 02 October 2007 12:56
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> > Subject: [SECONDLIFE] VAT
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> > Have any establishments on here had the VAT message or are they all
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