John Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I knew that IETF registration fees had gone up from the $500USD of yore.
>> $700USD isn't so bad... but there is 19% VAT on it, so $833USD.
>> That's ~$1100 CDN. Tripping over the $1000 CDN mark is a big
>> psychological
>> impact. I guess it would have been worse if the CDN wasn't on the
>> "rebound"
> Germany has a reciprocal VAT agreement with Canada. You may be able
> to get the VAT on the registration fee and other business expenses in
> Germany such as your hotel bill refunded.
If it's really a reciprocal VAT agreement, then I can just declare it as
an input tax credit (ITC). I will probably do just that and let the audit
fall where it may.
It's not so much the existence of the tax, as it is the 1000 odometer
experience.
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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sandelman Software Works
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