Warn HN: bogus VAT MOSS deficiency notices
If you got a letter from the Irish tax authorities about a ridiculous deficiency in your tax payments (they told us we owed €61000 VAT on our €120 Ireland sales...and we got off lightly--one e-book seller was told they owed €2500000 VAT on sales of €54), relax. They screwed up.
Here's the email they are sending now explaining this:
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:00:29 From: Revenue MOSS <mossnsd@revenue.ie> Subject: VAT MOSS Payment Reminders (VMSC)
Dear VAT MOSS Customer,
Please be advised that we have issued a number of payment reminder letters to suppliers of eServices in Ireland, who are registered under the VAT MOSS scheme in other EU Member States. This is in accordance with the rules of VAT MOSS, where supplies have been made and payment has not been received within a specified time.
Unfortunately, the letters contained a number of errors including the amount due to be paid. Some letters also issued to customers who had already made payment to their own tax authorities in accordance with VAT MOSS obligations. We ask you to please ignore the payment reminder you may have received from us.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this error. We are in the process of correcting the system errors involved, and in due course will issue payment reminders to those suppliers in respect of whom we have not yet received the payments due.
Kind Regards
VAT MOSS Helpdesk mossnsd@revenue.ie<mailto:mossnsd@revenue.ie> Phone: +353 42 9353315 / +353 42 9353347
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They also have a notice on their website: http://www.revenue.ie/en/spotlights/vat-moss-cases.html
They say about 2000 of the bogus notices went out.
Twitter discussion, with several pictures of the letters received, on hashtag #VATMESS