Sell services to an overseas business (UK)

An overview of selling services to an overseas business from the UK in Accounting Start.

When you sell services to a VAT-registered business in another country, we apply a zero-rate of VAT.

Go to Sales, Sales Invoices, and select New Invoice.
In the Customer field, select your overseas customer from the list, or type the customer name. If the customer isn’t a saved contact, select Add a customer to create a record for them.

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Make sure each customer has the correct country set on their address and a VAT Registration Number where applicable.
On the first invoice line, enter a description.
In Goods/Services select Services (standalone). Accounting automatically sets the VAT to zero-rated and locks the field.
Repeat on a new line for as many items as you need to add to your invoice.
Select Save.

The VAT Return reports Sales of services in Box 6 - total value of sales and all other outputs excluding any VAT.

VAT on sales is zero-rated, so you don't record a VAT value on the return.