November 24, 20178 yr Hi! I plan to start working freelance. And I have this question that stops me... What do you do with sale taxes when you have an international client. I am EU-based, so I understand what to do with VAT. But what should I do if my client is from Japan? I mean the VAT is 0. But if I have a Japanese client, I will be providing services to Japan. Does this mean that I need to know Japanese sales tax regulations and when I have to register there? Most likely there are high thresholds for sales taxes, but do I really need to check it every time I have a new client? I am quite confused because seems like no one really pays attention to where the client is from. So maybe I am completely missing something here... Also, I couldn't find any companies that would handle all the GST/VAT issues for freelancers. There are plenty of services that do that for digital services and physical goods. But they won't agree to work with regular services, because the law is different. Any advice?
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