Reverse charge on a quote — what to print

If you are established in one EU member state and you sell a service to a VAT-registered business in another, you generally do not add your home VAT. The client accounts for it. That is reverse charge under Article 196 of the VAT Directive.

The offer should show both VAT identification numbers, a 0% rate, and a plain sentence: reverse charge, VAT to be accounted for by the recipient. Greenlit prints that when you pick intra-EU B2B.

Verify the number in VIES before you treat someone as a taxable person. If they have no valid VAT ID, you are often looking at a consumer supply — different rules, and for electronic services, OSS.

A Greenlit page is a commercial offer, not a tax invoice. Issue the legal invoice in your own books when the deposit is actually received.

This is product guidance, not tax advice. If the supply is unusual, ask your bookkeeper.