gladkacipka
New Member
First, let me introduce myself as this is my first post here.So hello all, Im gladkacipka, not irish but living in Ireland for the last few years. Im doing some seo stuff, and just recently started playing with paid traffic(ppc google, yahoo etc.)
My adwords account is linked to my irish cc and my irish address. After running one of my first campaigns I realized that Google is billing me for VAT(22%) even though my account is a business account(as I use adwords for business purposes). It’s quite confusing this VAT thing and I am looking for anyone who has some more understanding in this matter. I thought that having business account in google adwords will result with not being billed for VAT, but it seems I was wrong. I did some small research and found this:
I. Your business address is in Ireland.
Google Ireland Ltd will automatically add VAT to your AdWords costs at the current Irish rate, regardless of whether or not you use AdWords for business purposes.
If you are exempt from Irish VAT under 13b Exemption status, please fill out (this form- link)to provide us with the necessary information.
So based on the above, eventhough my acc is business, as I am based in Ireland with Irish address I still need to pay VAT?Is that correct?Is it possible not to pay VAT and get some refund for already paid VAT? .The whole VAT thing is very new to me and im totally lost here. Should I register somehere to get a VAT number?Why do I need it if im doing affiliate marketing and most of my customers are based in US?
Anyone familiar with google adwords/VAT?How do you guys have your account setup?Do you pay VAT for your account?
Any help regarding this will be much appreciated!
Thanks and have a sunny day
My adwords account is linked to my irish cc and my irish address. After running one of my first campaigns I realized that Google is billing me for VAT(22%) even though my account is a business account(as I use adwords for business purposes). It’s quite confusing this VAT thing and I am looking for anyone who has some more understanding in this matter. I thought that having business account in google adwords will result with not being billed for VAT, but it seems I was wrong. I did some small research and found this:
I. Your business address is in Ireland.
Google Ireland Ltd will automatically add VAT to your AdWords costs at the current Irish rate, regardless of whether or not you use AdWords for business purposes.
If you are exempt from Irish VAT under 13b Exemption status, please fill out (this form- link)to provide us with the necessary information.
So based on the above, eventhough my acc is business, as I am based in Ireland with Irish address I still need to pay VAT?Is that correct?Is it possible not to pay VAT and get some refund for already paid VAT? .The whole VAT thing is very new to me and im totally lost here. Should I register somehere to get a VAT number?Why do I need it if im doing affiliate marketing and most of my customers are based in US?
Anyone familiar with google adwords/VAT?How do you guys have your account setup?Do you pay VAT for your account?
Any help regarding this will be much appreciated!
Thanks and have a sunny day