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# VAT in Sales

VAT is included in the sales transactions of your business. There are different methods in which VAT is calculated on sales, according to the region and the VAT treatment of your customers. In Zoho Billing, the VAT treatment of your customer is taken into account and the VAT associated with the item is automatically populated.

## Sales Within Germany

To create a sales transaction (Invoices, Subscriptions, Retainer Invoices, Quotes, Credit Notes) for your customer in Germany,

*   Go to _Sales_ and select one of the modules.
    
*   Click the **\+ New** button in the top right corner of the page.
    
*   Select the customer whose VAT treatment is **Home Country**.
    
    ![Create Transaction](/de-de/billing/images/help/images/vat/vat-in-sales/create-transaction.png)
*   Associate relevant VAT rates for your items.
    
*   After entering the required details, click **Save**.
    
    ![Item Details](/de-de/billing/images/help/images/vat/vat-in-sales/item-details-table.png)

Note: If you’re creating a sales transaction for a customer in Germany, you cannot associate other EU country tax rates with the items in that transaction.

## Sales Outside Germany Within EU

For sales (Invoices, Quotes, Subscriptions, Credit Notes) that are made outside Germany but with other EU countries, the VAT rates depends on your customer’s VAT treatment.

### For EU VAT Registered Customers:

As per Germany’s VAT regulations, if your customer lives in an EU country and has a VAT registration, all the items selected in the transaction must be associated with Zero Rate (0%) VAT.

Note: If you select only services in the transaction, they will be automatically eligible for Reverse Charge and must be associated with Zero Rate (0%) VAT.

To create a sales transaction (Invoices, Retainer Invoices, Quotes, Subscriptions, Credit Notes) for your VAT registered customer in the EU:

*   Go to _Sales_ and select one of the modules.
    
*   Click the **\+ New** button in the top right corner of the page.
    
*   Select the customer whose VAT treatment is **EU - VAT Registered**.
    
    ![EU Treatment in Transaction Creation](/de-de/billing/images/help/images/vat/vat-in-sales/eu-treatment-transaction-creation.png)
*   Associate **Zero Rate \[0%\]** in the VAT column for your items. ![EU VAT Registered Item Table](/de-de/billing/images/help/images/vat/vat-in-sales/eu-vat-registered-item-table.png)
    
*   After entering the required details, click **Save**.
    

### For EU Non VAT Registered Customers:

According to Germany’s VAT regulations, if your customer lives in an EU country and isn’t registered for VAT, the items in their sales transactions will have either the default VAT rates or the VAT rates associated with their Place of Supply.

To create a sales transaction (Invoices, Retainer Invoices, Quotes, Subscriptions, Credit Notes) for your Non-VAT registered customer in the EU,

*   Go to _Sales_ and select one of the modules.
    
*   Click the **\+ New** button in the top right corner of the page.
    
*   Select the customer whose VAT treatment is **EU - Non VAT Registered**.
    
    ![Non Vat Registered in Transaction Creation](/de-de/billing/images/help/images/vat/vat-in-sales/eu-non-vat-registered.png)
*   Associate relevant country’s VAT rates in the VAT column for your items.
    

Note: If the total transaction amount is above EUR 10,000, the items in your transaction should be associated with your customer’s country’s VAT rates.

*   After entering the required details, click **Save**.

## Sales Outside EU

As per Germany’s VAT regulations, if your customer lives outside the EU, all the items selected in their sales transactions must be associated with Zero Rate (0%) VAT.

To create a sales transaction (Invoices, Retainer Invoices, Subscriptions, Quotes, Credit Notes) for your customer outside the EU,

*   Go to _Sales_ and select one of the modules.
    
*   Click the **\+ New** button in the top right corner of the page.
    
*   Select the customer whose VAT treatment is **Overseas**.
    
    ![Overseas VAT Treatment](/de-de/billing/images/help/images/vat/vat-in-sales/sales-outside-eu.png)
*   Associate **Zero Rate \[0%\]** in the VAT column for your items.
    
    ![Item Details](/de-de/billing/images/help/images/vat/vat-in-sales/sales-outside-eu-item-details.png)
*   After entering the required details, click **Save**.