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Based in the UK, selling to the EU

A worked example, end to end — the same journey as the EU scenarios, in the opposite direction. Tax Setup recognises a UK Stripe account and shows you a UK-specific layout.

Is this you? Your business is based in Great Britain. You sell at home (UK VAT rules) and you want EU customers too. Two facts shape everything: your UK VAT status (with the £90k threshold), and whether you hold a Non-Union OSS registration for EU consumers.

Step 1 — your UK VAT status

WhereDashboard→Settings→Payments & Tax→Tax Setup→2 · Tell us about your business

Choose “Yes — I charge VAT” (you're VAT-registered with HMRC) or “No — I'm exempt” (below £90k, not registered). Fill in your VAT No. and — if you're a limited company — your Company No. (CRN), which UK law requires on invoices regardless of VAT status. Sole traders leave the CRN blank.

Onelo tracks the £90k for you. The Thresholds bar in Tax Setup shows your rolling 12-month UK turnover from sales made through Onelo — something Stripe doesn't do — so check it as you grow (there is no automatic email alert for this threshold, and sales made outside Onelo count toward the legal limit too). Below it, your UK sales go out with no VAT (a plain receipt).

Step 2 — unlock EU consumers (Non-Union OSS)

As a non-EU seller you have no €10k buffer — EU consumer sales need a registration from the very first sale. The scheme for you is Non-Union OSS: register once in any EU country, charge each buyer their own country's VAT, file one quarterly return.

WhereDashboard→Settings→Payments & Tax→Tax Setup→3 · Registrations→Consumers (B2C)

Tick “I am registered for Non-Union OSS” (the Register ↗ link points to the EU's official OSS portal), then Save changes. Until it's ticked, EU consumers are blocked — never mis-charged.

What happens at checkout

BuyerWhat they payWhy
UK consumer or business (home)20% UKYour domestic sale — or no VAT with a plain receipt while you're under £90k and unregistered
EU consumer, any countrytheir country’s VATCharged from the first sale via Non-Union OSS, declared on your quarterly OSS return
EU company with a valid VAT number0% · reverse chargeAutomatic for UK sellers — the buyer self-accounts; their number is validated against the EU registry. You don't need any EU number of your own
EU consumer, OSS box not tickedblocked at paymentThey can fill the form, but Pay stops with “This purchase cannot be processed: the seller's tax configuration does not support sales to your country. Please contact the seller.” — until you register for Non-Union OSS

Good to know

  • No VAT-EU toggle for you — Great Britain is outside the EU's business-number registry, so EU B2B reverse charge runs entirely off the buyer's validated number. Onelo shows an explanatory note where EU sellers see the toggle.
  • The EX scheme isn't available to UK sellers — it's an EU-only small-business arrangement. Your route to EU consumers is Non-Union OSS.
  • Invoices follow UK rules at home, EU rules abroad — CRN for limited companies, the right VAT per EU country, reverse-charge notes for business buyers. All automatic.

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