Over the past year I have sent 46 emails to my list of people who are interested in bootstrapping side projects and launching digital products. I try to be weekly, I’ve missed a few due to travel schedules. My aim is to filter all of the things that I read during the week, and bring … A Year in Links
As many of my friends are writing up their year, I thought I would put together some notes on mine. In numbers Posts to this blog: 39 Articles written for other publications: 16 Books published: 2 Perch releases: 25 Conferences spoken at: 14 Countries visited: 7 Miles run: 1384.5 Writing I was explaining to someone … Review of the Year 2014
I wasn’t going to write any more about VAT here, given that I really don’t want to be forever remembered as a crazy VAT lady however this is important. We need urgently to have clarification of what a “marketplace” is and who is liable to pay the VAT due, in the eyes of the EU. … VATMOSS and SaaS ecommerce, payment and delivery apps
With time ticking away before the January 1st deadline for the change in place of supply for EU VAT there are worryingly few third parties coming forward with ways to help people implement the changes. I’ve detailed those I have found on my GitHub site and would appreciate any further additions. During conversations with various … Consensus and VATMOSS
Unless you have been residing under a rock for the last month (and I’m starting to wish I had been) you’ll be aware of the impending EU VAT Place of Supply change. Much of the noise has been made by those businesses who will be forced into VAT Registration because of it, and rightly so. … How the EU VAT rules make EU startups and digital businesses uncompetitive in a global market.
Over a month ago I wrote a post detailing the Horrible Implications of the EU VAT Place of Supply Change, and over the last few days the issue seems to have properly picked up interest from communities of micro-businesses. This post is not to debate the ruling, I personally think it a terrible move for … How small companies and freelancers can deal with the VATMOSS EU VAT changes
The blog post I wrote last month alerting people to the upcoming change to EU VAT Rules has attracted a lot of attention, and comments. I don’t like to be the bearer of bad news but I’m glad that people have had some time to prepare for this disastrous legislation. This isn’t UK legislation, it … Implementing the new EU VAT Rules
I’ve just returned from MicroConf Europe, an event I feel incredibly lucky to have been asked to speak at. An event where for the first time in a long time I really felt I was with “my people”. As Rob Walling said on Twitter, #MicroConf – one of the handful of days each year when … No Exit Plan
I’ve been aware for some time of an upcoming change to the VAT rules when selling to other EU businesses, and that they will change how we charge and report for VAT as a VAT registered business. As I looked more deeply into these rules and how they apply to my VAT Registered business and … The horrible implications of the EU VAT “Place of Supply” change
Last week I was catching up on Nathan Barry’s podcast. I listened to a couple of episodes where he had a round table discussion with a number of ebook publishers who had read his book Authority. I can really recommend Authority if you are thinking about publishing your own book. It has some great information … Technical editing as a service – the Book Toolkit